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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, 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

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

From left-right, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STAFF SGT. Paul Riley and SENIOR AIRMAN Charles Lester, 18th Maintenance Group, aircraft armament systems specialists, Japanese 2nd LT. Mitsuhiro Kawano, (right), load an AIM-9 missile on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Joshua Hartviggen (left) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Joseph Fleming, both weapons load crew members from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspect an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during a pre-flight check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 05 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 17, 2004. To the left is an AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Cherie A. Thurlby) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C), Gabriel Liddycoat, Maintenance Specialists, 35th Fighter Wing (FW), Misawa Air Base (AB), Japan, stands atop portable aircraft stairs to repairs an anti-collision light on the vertical stabilizer of a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during Exercise RED FLAG 2003. Red Flag is currently the most realistic simulated air-warfare training exercise held anywhere in the world. It regularly involves the air forces of the United States and its allies

From right to left, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STAFF SGT. Paul Riley and SENIOR AIRMAN Charles Lester, 18th Maintenance Group aircraft armament systems specialists, load an AIM-7 missile on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training, in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Yakima Dargan, a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crew chief with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW) looks for cracks and leaks inside a panel on his aircraft during preflight inspection before a mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The mission of the 56th FW is to train F-16 pilots and crew chiefs while providing agile combat support to aerospace expeditionary forces

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

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Base: Tyndall Air Force Base

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