U.S. Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing say goodbye to family and friends at McEntire Joint National Guard Base before boarding a Boeing 777 large transport aircraft, July 11, 2018. The South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing is deploying nearly 300 Airmen and approximately a dozen F-16 Block 52 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group in Southwest Asia in support of an Air Expeditionary Force rotation. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Caycee Watson)