
Maj. Brian Cherolis, from the 180th Fighter Wing, looks over the tarmac.
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Capt. Dustin Buchenroth taxis down the runway.
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SSgt Sean Fitzpatrick, left, and Chief Jim Duty, right, walk over the tarmac.
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Capt. Dustin Buchenroth taxis down the runway.
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SSgt Sean Fitzpatrick near the back of the plane.
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Pilot Lt. Phil Messer gets ready for a morning exercise flight.
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Members of the 180th Fighter Wing do pre-flight checks before an early morning exercise.
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TSgt Dan Goble, left, and A1C Brett Sloan, right, get ready to take flight.
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Pilots and crew members head out to their fighter planes for a morning exercise.
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A flight takes off.
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A wood coffee cup older is shaped like a fighter jet.
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Pilot Lt. Phil Messer gets ready for a morning exercise.
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Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Managhan, Aircrew Flight Equipment Superintendent, with the 180th Fighter Wing, shows a survival vest to the media.
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A fighter jet gets taxi's to the runway.
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Col. Craig R. Baker, the Commander of the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard the 180th Fighter Wing, speaks to the media.
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SSgt Sean Fitzpatrick looks out over the tarmac.
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A flight takes off.
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Pilot Phil Messer gets into his plane to get ready to fly.
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Col. Craig R. Baker, the Commander of the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard the 180th Fighter Wing, speaks to the media.
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Pilot Lt. Phil Messer gets ready for a morning exercise flight.
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A fighter jet gets taxi'd to the runway.
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Two members of the 180th Fighter Wing do pre-flight check.
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TSgt Dan Goble, left, A1C Brett Sloan, center, and Pilot Lt. Phil Messer, right, get ready to fly.
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Members of the 180th Fighter Wing get ready to take flight.
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Members of the 180th Fighter Wing get ready for flight.
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