F-16 - Bird line

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska—Airman 1st Class George Zawalonka inspects an F-16 Fighting Falcon during preflight operations supporting Exercise Cope Thunder 05-1 here April 25. Cope Thunder is a joint/combined air training exercise with the purpose of providing pilots with a real combat training environment. Airman Zawalonka is a crew chief with the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)