Wayne Dettinger, a Sikorsky egress mechanic with Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, instructs ground combat officers attending the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course in ejection and emergency egress procedures from an F-5F Tiger II at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 22, 2009. The students were preparing for a flight to show them what a close air support mission looks like from a pilot’s point of view. - Wayne Dettinger, a Sikorsky egress mechanic with Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, instructs ground combat officers attending the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course in ejection and emergency egress procedures from an F-5F Tiger II at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 22, 2009. The students were preparing for a flight to show them what a close air support mission looks like from a pilot’s point of view.

Marines from Marine Air Control Squadron 1’s Tactical Air Operations Center return to the Marine Corps Air Station Sept. 2, 2009, from a monthlong deployment to the United States-Canada border. The TAOC set up mobile radar units along the Northern border to assist Border Patrol agents to identify aircraft flying into the U.S. illegally. - Marines from Marine Air Control Squadron 1’s Tactical Air Operations Center return to the Marine Corps Air Station Sept. 2, 2009, from a monthlong deployment to the United States-Canada border. The TAOC set up mobile radar units along the Northern border to assist Border Patrol agents to identify aircraft flying into the U.S. illegally.