California Air National Guard (CAANG) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Ray Lynott, 194th Fighter Squadron (FS), prepares to communicate with fighter aircraft pilots, from the control tower at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), prior to their participating in 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
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: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/07/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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