Lt. Col. Paul Hibbard, 333rd Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, performs pre-flight checks before a training sortie, July 22, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The training flight marked Hibbard’s 3,000th flying hour in the F-15E Strike Eagle, which he has been flying for more than two decades. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Shawna L. Keyes)