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A British Royal Air Force (RAF) GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for an afternoon training mission during 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

Two British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircrew personnel take a break as they rest on the port wing of a RAF Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft, parked at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), during 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

Two British Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crew members us a Rotozoom machine in order to install a Magnetic Detector Unit (MDU) on the upright tail stabilizer of a GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft that is parked on the tarmac at Eielson FB, Alaska (AK), during 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

A German Air Force (Luftwaffe) GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft taxis into position to take off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for 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

A German Air Force (Luftwaffe) aircrew member crouches near a GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft after performing his maintenance checks at Eielson FB, Alaska (AK), during 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

German Air Force (Luftwaffe) maintenance technicians troubleshoot a problem on a GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft before it takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during 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

German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft and US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft prepare to take off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during 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

A German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Fighter Bomber Wing 31 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during 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

German Air Force (Luftwaffe) aircrew members conduct a final pre-flight safety inspection on a GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft before it takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during 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

A British Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crew performs an engine parameter check on a GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft that is parked on the tarmac at Eielson FB, Alaska (AK), during 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

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Base: Eielson Air Force Base

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A Bloom, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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An A400M Atlas, the British Royal Air Force’s newest

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An MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft from the 347th Rescue Wing (RW), 71st Rescue Squadron (RS) out of Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, starts engines by direction of the crew chief, while the ground crew waits for orders to disconnect the Auxiliary Ground Power Unit (AGPU)

Squadron Commander Dickie Druitt flies a British Royal Air Force VC-10 K3 fueling tanker on an air-to-air refueling mission with British GR-1 Tornado jets (Not shown) over Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia build-up

A US Navy (USN) Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41, Black Aces) aircrew member (left) signals to the USN VFA-41 F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft pilot prior to his taking off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during 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

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Members of the French air force oversee the arrival

Corporal (CPL) Dawn Eichmanis, a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Medical Technican from Ontario, Canada (CAN), simulates ventilating a patient, while Nevada Air National Guard (NVANG) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Don Evans, a Medical Technican from the NVANG, assists, during Patriot Exercise 2005. Patriot Exercise 2005, is the largest annual exercise held across the United States

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Joint

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