The family of U.S. Air Force Capt. Matthew Gardner, a pilot with the 494th Fighter Squadron, waits on the flight line for his return to RAF Lakenheath, England, Aug. 25, 2014. Gardner was deployed to the U.S. to participate in exercise Red Flag, an advanced aerial combat training exercise held four to six times a year to train pilots from the U.S., NATO and other allied countries for real combat situations.