A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (background), from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), performs touch-and-go (TAG) landings at Eielson AFB, while conducting an aerial refueling 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. In the foreground are various aircraft from some of the nations attending the exercise
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Eielson Air Force Base
State: Alaska (AK)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Chris Drudge, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
26/07/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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