A C-17 cargo plane from Joint base Charleston is loaded with equipment at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., April 8, 2012. More than a dozen Swamp Fox F-16 fighter jets, pilots, and nearly 500 personnel (pilots, maintenance specialists and support staff) will deploy for about four months to complete an aviation package necessary to conduct the close air support mission for troops on the ground in the area of responsibility (AOR).