Chinooks fly to North Dakota for flood relief efforts

Four Chinooks, from Fort Riley, Kansas, take off from Joe Foss field, Sioux Falls, S.D. after landing for fuel and food. The crews took off loaded with troops and equipment headed for the devastated areas in North Dakota affected by severe flooding.

Chinooks fly to North Dakota for flood relief efforts

Four Chinooks, from Fort Riley, Kansas, take off from Joe Foss field, Sioux Falls, S.D. after landing for fuel and food. The crews took off loaded with troops and equipment headed for the devastated areas in North Dakota affected by severe flooding.

Filling up on freedom

Lt. Col. Gary Middlebrooks gives a "thumbs up" after successfully refueling his F-16 Fighting Falcon from a KC-10 Extender Oct. 17 in Southwest Asia. Aircraft from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing including the KC-10 and KC-135 Stratotanker, provide fuel for coalition aircraft missions for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Colonel Middlebrooks from the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq, and is deployed from the 114th Fighter Wing of the South Dakota Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo)

In for the night

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A crew chief guides an F-16C Fighting Falcon into place after completing a night sortie here Sept. 11. The South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing is conducting night flying missions during their September unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Frye)

A long way from home

AHMED AL JABER AIR BASE, Kuwait -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 114th Fighter Wing, Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, S.D., taxis out on the runway here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

In the air

AHMED AL JABER AIR BASE, Kuwait -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 114th Fighter Wing, Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, S.D., takes off from the runway here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)