F-16 - Cooperative flight

OVER ALASKA—F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Fighter Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and Japanese F-15s from Chitose Air Base, Japan, fly in formation during Cooperative Cope Thunder on June 10. This Pacific Air Forces-sponsored air combat training exercise takes place June 9 to 24 at Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases in Alaska. Participants include people and aircraft from the United States, Japan, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Korea and the United Kingdom. (Japanese Air Self Defense photo by 1st Lt. Takeshi Okubo)