1,000 Hours
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. John Merten, a member of the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, prepares to land his U-2 Dragonlady here Dec. 2. Maj. Merten passed 1,000 hours of flying in a U-2 during this mission. He is deployed from the 1st RS out of Beale Air Force Base, Calif., his hometown is Boulder, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Christopher A Campbell)(released)