Hours on End: On his eighth deployment, Viper pilot reaches two significant milestones
455th Expeditionary Operation Group Commander Col. Henry Rogers' helmet bag, covered in patches from various fighter squadrons he's flown with, hangs in a locker at the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2015. Rogers became one of only a couple-hundred F-16 pilots worldwide to surpass 3,000 flying hours in the F-16 on Oct. 29, 2015. He followed that up with reaching 1,000 combat hours in the fighter workhorse on Nov. 7, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/Released)