AIR GUARD PROTEST

** FILE ** An F-16 takes off with afterburners glowing from the Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vt., Dec. 19, 2001. A local anti-war group wants to expel the Vermont Air National Guard from its base at Burlington International Airport because of its involvement in the Iraq war.The group is calling on city leaders to end a lease between Burlington and the federal government for land at the airport the Air Guard uses as its headquarters, maintenance shop and flight line. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)