Four California Air National Guard (CAANG) 194th Fighter Squadron, 144th Fighter Wing (FW) crew chiefs, from Fresno Air National Guard Base (ANGB), California (CA), take a break after launching their respective F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for 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 Ricky A Bloom, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/07/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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