F-16 Fighting Falcons based in the Central Command area of operations conduct armed aerial patrols over Somalia in support of Operation Octave Quartz Jan. 1, 2020. The F-16s support to OOQ demonstrates the U.S. military’s reach and power projection across vast distances to hold adversaries such as al-Shabaab at risk with flexible, precise and lethal force that is capable of rapidly responding anywhere on the globe. The mission of OOQ is to reposition U.S. Department of Defense personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa. 📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride #octavequartz #fighter #fighterjets #fighterpilot #f16 #f16fightingfalcon #f16falcon #usaf #airforce #fittofight