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A crew chief from the 14th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Misawa, Japan, does a post-flight check on an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft during Cope Thunder North. The exercise tests aircrews' skills in strike, support, air defense and combat rescue roles. Units from the Canadian Forces, the U.S. Marine Corps, Alaska Air National Guard, Strategic Air Command and other Pacific Air Forces units are participating in the exercise.

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Tim Bonnel, assigned to the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), marshalls an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th FW, during exercise Northern Edge 04

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Matthew Garrison (Pilot), is aided by USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Heywood, as he straps into the cockpit of his USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). Both 1LT Garrison and A1C Heywood are assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC)

US Navy (USN) SEAMAN (SN) Cody Brissey, Plane Captain Technician, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41), (Black Aces), prepares an F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft prepares to take off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

From left to right- US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Lavelle, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bertrand Asselin, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Ingram and team leader USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steven Root, all with 5th Maintenance Group (MXG), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), stand at attention after their missiles are loaded onto the aircraft. The load crew is under evaluation on their job performance in cold weather gear

US Air Force (USAF) Reserve (AFRES) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brady, Boom Operator, KC-10A Extender aerial refueling aircraft, 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), moves to the front of his aircraft after refueling a USAF 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft while flying a training mission from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations...

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, launches an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during Exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL)

Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Tony Boykin, Boom Operator, 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft, refuels a US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft, from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), as it accompanies his aircraft on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Matthew Hannen, Photographer, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS), from Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), flies in the back seat of 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft as it takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), so that he can document other aircraft participating in a simulated dog fight aerial combat training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air...

Crewmen from the 14th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Misawa, Japan, AIRMAN 1ST Class Andrew Ecker, back, STAFF SGT. Drew, middle, and AIRMAN 1 Class Tyron Flynn load a Mark 84 bomb under the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Cope Thunder North. The exercise tests aircrews' skills in strike, support, air defense and combat rescue roles. Units from the Canadian Forces, the U.S. Marine Corps, Alaska Air National Guard, Strategic Air Command and other Pacific Air Forces units are participating.

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER NORTH

Base: Eielson Air Force Base

State: Alaska(AK)

Country: United States Of America(USA)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Russ Pollanen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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crewmen tactical tactical fighter squadron misawa airman andrew ecker staff sgt drew middle tyron flynn load class tyron flynn load mark bomb aircraft thunder thunder north exercise tests aircrews exercise tests aircrews skills strike defense air defense combat rescue roles combat rescue roles units canadian forces canadian forces marine alaska alaska air national guard strategic command strategic air command pacific pacific air forces units sergeant jet airplane jet aircraft f 16 national guard eielson air force base tactical fighter f 16 fighting falcon f 16 falcon 1st class us marine corps us national guard history of alaska alaska free images alaska photographs high resolution class andrew ecker russ pollanen us air force usaf air force base us air force in japan military aircraft us national archives fighter squadron us air national guard
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17/06/1991
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label_outline Explore Tyron, Thunder North, Combat Rescue Roles

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Flynn, J H - Age: [Blank], Year: [BLANK] - Mississippi Second Infantry, A, F-G

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crewmen tactical tactical fighter squadron misawa airman andrew ecker staff sgt drew middle tyron flynn load class tyron flynn load mark bomb aircraft thunder thunder north exercise tests aircrews exercise tests aircrews skills strike defense air defense combat rescue roles combat rescue roles units canadian forces canadian forces marine alaska alaska air national guard strategic command strategic air command pacific pacific air forces units sergeant jet airplane jet aircraft f 16 national guard eielson air force base tactical fighter f 16 fighting falcon f 16 falcon 1st class us marine corps us national guard history of alaska alaska free images alaska photographs high resolution class andrew ecker russ pollanen us air force usaf air force base us air force in japan military aircraft us national archives fighter squadron us air national guard