美国阿拉斯加州埃尔门多夫空军基地，雷霆对抗 04 联合空中作战演习中，日本航空自卫队二架 F-15J 战斗机任务后返场滑行。（Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15J Eagle fighter aircraft taxi in at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), after returning from a training mission while participating in 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.）

美国阿拉斯加州，雷霆对抗 06-3 联合空中作战演习中，美国空军第35战斗机联队（35FW）一架 F-16CM 战斗机飞越北部苔原。雷霆对抗是美国空军太平洋司令部举办的最大规模联合演习。（A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, flies over the northern tundra of Alaska July 24, 2006. The F16 is participating in Cope Thunder 06-03 held Eielson Air Force Base. Cope Thunder is Pacific Air Forces' largest joint combined air combat training exercise.）