TECH. SGT. ROBERT CLOYS/U.S. Air Force 

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron departs on a sortie from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Jan. 8. Airmen assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, known as the “Black Widows,” from Hill Air Force Base, support both Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and NATO’s Resolute Support mission.