A US Air Force (USAF) 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft receives fuel from a USAF Reserve (AFRES) 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), KC-10A Extender air refueling 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 with each other
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/07/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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