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Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JSDF) Major (MAJ) Yoshihisa Furukawa (front), Japanese Exchange Pilot, assigned to the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), goes through a preflight inspection with AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joseph Harbachuck, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS), Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL), prior to flying his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft against Tyndall AFB F-15 Eagle and F/A-22 Raptor fighter aircraft in a dissimilar aircraft training exercise

Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JSDF) Major (MAJ) Yoshihisa Furukawa (left), Japanese Exchange Pilot, assigned to the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), is assisted in strapping in by AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joseph Harbachuck, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS), Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL), prior to flying his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft against Tyndall AFB F-15 Eagle and F/A-22 Raptor fighter aircraft in a dissimilar aircraft training exercise

Major (MAJ) Furukawa Yoshihisa, a pilot with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), temporarily assigned with the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), conduct a preflight inspection inside the cockpit of his F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft before a training mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ)

Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15J Eagle fighter aircraft taxi in at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), after returning from a training mission while participating in 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

Three Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15J Eagle fighter aircraft are fueled by a US Air Force (USAF) 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) fuel truck at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), after they returned from a training mission while participating in 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

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 523rd Fighter Squadron (FS), 27th Fighter Wing (FW), takes off on a mission during Phase-1 of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) exercise at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM). The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles (AMRAAM), and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Ed "Gus" Rinke (foreground), and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jamie Blattner, both assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing (FW), inspect an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, as part of Phase I of the Operation Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Swanton, Ohio (OH)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 523rd Fighter Squadron (FS), 27th Fighter Wing (FW), takes off on a mission during Phase-1 of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) exercise at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM). The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles (AMRAAM), and AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), flies while participating in exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JSDF) Major (MAJ) Yoshihisa Furukawa, Japanese Exchange Pilot, assigned to the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), conducts a preflight inspection of his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft before flying against Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL), F-15 Eagle and F/A-22 Raptor fighter aircraft in a dissimilar aircraft training exercise

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Base: Tyndall Air Force Base

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Scene Camera Operator: Steve Wallace, CIV, USAF

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US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Tom Stewart (left), a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot with the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), together with USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Corell, a crew chief with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), conduct preflight check on their aircraft before a mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ)

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