U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alvin Salguero, 94th Air Maintenance Unit F-22 crew chief, performs a preflight check on an F-22 Raptor prior to departure at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Jan. 11, 2013. The F-22 deployment to Kadena Air Base, Japan, is in support of security obligations of the U.S. Pacific Command’s in the Western Pacific, under the direction of the 18th Wing at Kadena AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kayla Newman/Released)