Major Matthew Gaetke, a fighter pilot assigned to the

Major Matthew Gaetke, a fighter pilot assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, returns to KAF after flying a mission April 30, 2012. Maj. Gaetke is deployed from the 35th Operations Support Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16's, pilots, and support personnel began their Air Expeditionary Force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan (U.S. Air Force photo/TSgt. Caycee Cook)