美国阿拉斯加山脉
Photo by U.S. Air Force/MSgt. Keith Brown | 2008-05-12 08:50:14 | ZZ/58-0123 (cn 17868);85-0131 / WA (cn 957/D057)
北部边缘-2008 联合演习中,阿拉斯加山脉上空,美国空军第909空中加油中队(909ARS)一架 KC-135R 加油机给第65入侵者中队(65FS)的 F-15C/D 战斗机加油。(Over the Yukon River, Alaska -- Three F-15 Eagles from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada's 65th Aggressors Squadron receives fuel from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, from Kadena Air Force Base, Japan while flying over the Upper Yukon area of the interior of Alaska. The aircraft, along with over 120 others, are in Alaska as part of the Northern Edge 08. NE08 is a joint training exercise that provides effective, flexible and capabilities-centered joint forces ready for deployment worldwide and enables real world proficiency in detections and tracking of units at sea, in the air, and on land in response to multiple crises. Over 5,000 service members and 120 aircraft are involved in the exercise that is schedule for May 5 – 16.)