U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 140th

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, take off from Denver International Airport as they begin to return to Buckley Air Force Base on July 12, 2014, slightly ahead of schedule, after spending approximately three months at DIA while the base runway was being reconstructed. Despite relocating their entire flying operations, the wing managed to provide uninterrupted support to their Aerospace Control Alert mission 24/7 throughout the transition to DIA and back to Buckley AFB. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)