/images/headlines/022202/skypatrol/1.jpg||1||Military police guard the entrance to Zulu Operations, a secured area where F-16 pilots and their aircraft stay when not patrolling the skies above winter Olympic venues, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Hill Air Force Base, in Ogden, Utah.||THE ASSOCIATED PRESS||||||||
/images/headlines/022202/skypatrol/2.jpg||2||F-16 fighter jet pilots and support crew relax in their lounge watching the Winter Olympics on television. They are available to be scramble to readied and armed aircraft at a moment's notice, if needed.||THE ASSOCIATED PRESS||||||||
/images/headlines/022202/skypatrol/3.jpg||3||Bags containing F-16 pilots' helmets hang by the door ready for retrieval.||THE ASSOCIATED PRESS||||||||
/images/headlines/022202/skypatrol/4.jpg||4||Flight crew members remove the safety flags from air-to-air missiles on a F-16 fighter jet. Eight fully armed aircraft are kept ready at all times for patrolling the skies above the winter Olympic venues. Dozens of other F-16s are also available at the base.||THE ASSOCIATED PRESS||||||||
/images/headlines/022202/skypatrol/5.jpg||5||Lt. Col. David Lucia, rear, taxis his fully armed F-16 fighter jet past a parked aircraft on his way to the runway for takeoff. Lucia and his wingman will replace another pair in the sky, providing round the clock protection in the sky above the winter Olympic venues.||THE ASSOCIATED PRESS||||||||
/images/headlines/022202/skypatrol/6.jpg||6||F-16 fighter jet pilots Capt. Chris "Wedge" Southard, right, and Lt. Erik "Crusher" Fiederer patrol the sky around the Snowbasin Olympic venue, background, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, above Snowbasin, Utah. Six aircraft have been intercepted so far by F-16 pilots of the 388th fighter wing since the start of the winter Olympics. All landed without incident.||THE ASSOCIATED PRESS||||||||