3/21/2011 - F-16s from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., taxi in after a morning sortie mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 18. The F-16s were brought here to provide familiarization training to the 33rd Fighter Wing pilots prior to the arrival of the F-35 and to establish a “battle rhythm” for the 33rd flightline operations. Currently, Marines and Air Force pilots are completing daily sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

3/21/2011 - Airman 1st Class William McCoy, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, watches as aircraft checks are performed prior to his F-16’s sortie March 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The F-16s were brought here to provide familiarization training to the 33rd Fighter Wing pilots prior to the arrival of the F-35 and to establish a “battle rhythm” for the 33rd flightline operations. Currently, Marines and Air Force pilots are completing daily sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

3/21/2011 - A maintainer with the 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., waits to bring the ladder to the recently returned F-16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 18. The F-16s were brought here to provide familiarization training to the 33rd Fighter Wing pilots prior to the arrival of the F-35 and to establish a “battle rhythm” for the 33rd flightline operations. Currently, Marines and Air Force pilots are completing daily sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

3/21/2011 - Airman 1st Class Andrew Merriman, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, monitors an F-16 Fighting Falcon through flight checks prior to a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 18. The F-16s were brought here to provide familiarization training to the 33rd Fighter Wing pilots prior to the arrival of the F-35 and to establish a “battle rhythm” for the 33rd flightline operations. Currently, Marines and Air Force pilots are completing daily sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

3/21/2011 - Airman 1st Class William McCoy, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals his F-16 into the hangar after a sortie March 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The F-16s were brought here to provide familiarization training to the 33rd Fighter Wing pilots prior to the arrival of the F-35 and to establish a “battle rhythm” for the 33rd flightline operations. Currently, Marines and Air Force pilots are completing daily sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

3/21/2011 - Airman 1st Class Andrew Merriman, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals out an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 18. The F-16s were brought here to provide familiarization training to the 33rd Fighter Wing pilots prior to the arrival of the F-35 and to establish a “battle rhythm” for the 33rd flightline operations. Currently, Marines and Air Force pilots are completing daily sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

3/21/2011 - An F-16 from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., waits for action while another Fighting Falcon performs a touch-and-go at Eglin's runway March 18. The F-16s were brought here to provide familiarization training to the 33rd Fighter Wing pilots prior to the arrival of the F-35 and to establish a “battle rhythm” for the 33rd flightline operations. Currently, Marines and Air Force pilots are completing daily sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)