F-15 Eagles get a last minute check before taking off from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii Sept. 8, 2006 during Exercise Sentry Aloha. The F-15’s are from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron. The Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing brought six F-16 Fighting Falcons to the exercise which brings dissimilar combat assets to train at Hickam. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)