北部边缘-2008 联合演习中，诺斯罗普·格鲁门公司的 BAC 1-11 试验机准备起飞测试AN/APG-81有源电子扫描阵列雷达和新型机载传感器，它们将装备 F-35 新一代联合攻击战斗机。北部边缘演习包含了几乎所有军兵种参与，为 BAC 1-11 试验机创造了极佳的机载电子战测试环境。（Northrop Grumman's BAC 1-11 test aircraft was equipped with AN/APG-81 AESA radar and AN/AAQ-37 DAS. The white fairings placed on the nose and aft of the nose gear contain the DAS IR sensors mounted in alignment with the viewing angles of the F-35.）

北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第90战斗机中队（90FS）一架 F-22A 战斗机在埃尔门多夫空军基地向跑道滑行。（An F-22 Raptor stealth fighter from the 90th Fighter Squadron taxis to the runway June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge, Alaska largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）

北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第90战斗机中队（90FS）一架 F-22A 战斗机在埃尔门多夫空军基地滑行。（An F-22 Raptor stealth fighter from the 90th Fighter Squadron taxis to the runway June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge, Alaska largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）

美国阿拉斯加州埃尔门多夫空军基地，北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第90战斗机中队（90FS）飞行员在飞行前检查他的 F-22A 战斗机。（U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Hillyer conducts preflight checks on his F-22 Raptor stealth fighter June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge, Alaska's largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）

美国阿拉斯加州埃尔门多夫空军基地，北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第90战斗机中队（90FS）一架 F-22A 战斗机准备出动。（U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Hillyer prepares for a mission in the cockpit of his F-22 Raptor stealth fighter June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge, Alaska's largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）

美国阿拉斯加州埃尔门多夫空军基地，北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第422测试与评估中队（422TES）一架 F-22A 战斗机在跑道上滑行。（An F-22 Raptor stealth fighter from the 90th Fighter Squadron taxis to the runway June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge, Alaska largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）

美国海军 VX-31 测试与评估中队一架 F/A-18F“超级大黄蜂”战斗机在“北部边缘-2009”联合演习首日从阿拉斯加州埃尔门多夫空军基地起飞执演。（ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, flown by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31, takes off from the flightline here during the first day of Northern Edge 2009, June 15. Northern Edge is the largest military training exercise in Alaska.）

北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第19战斗机中队（19FS）的 F-15C 战斗机在埃尔门多夫空军基地滑向停机坪。（An F-15A Eagle fighter from the 19th Fighter Squadron taxis out of its parking spot June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge 2009, Alaska's largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）

北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第19战斗机中队（19FS）的 F-15C 战斗机准备从埃尔门多夫空军基地出动。（U.S. Air Force crew chiefs from the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to launch an F-15A Eagle fighter June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge, Alaska's largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）

北部边缘-2009 联合演习中，美国空军第19战斗机中队（19FS）的 F-15C 战斗机在埃尔门多夫空军基地检查。（An F-15A Eagle fighter from the 19th Fighter Squadron taxis out of its parking spot June 17, 2009, during Exercise Northern Edge 09 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge, Alaska's largest military training exercise, prepares joint forces to respond to crises throughout the Asia-Pacific region.）