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Third generation pilot from McEntire flies during Operation Enduring Freedom
Posted: 08.06.2012 at 2:46 PM
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Lt. Col. Michael “Midnight” Rose with McEntire AFB's 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron does a pre-flight check on an F-16 prior to takeoff on a day-time mission over Afghanistan on June 28, 2012.
 / U.S. Air Force photo/TSgt. Stephen Hudson
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Each sortie U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael “Midnight” Rose flies over Afghanistan he adds to the Air Force’s rich history and his family’s. As an F-16 pilot based at McEntire AFB and currently assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in Afghanistan, he is the third member of his family to fly in combat for the Air Force.

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