An F-16CJ aircraft from the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., deployed to the 363rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, waits in a hot ramp while maintenance crews pull pins on weapons attached to the aircraft prior to a mission on March 21, 2003. Members of the 363rd EFS support Operation Iraqi Freedom at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and endthe regime of Saddam Hussein. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.