acific Ocean (June 18, 2006) A B-2 Stealth Bomber from Whiteman AFB in Missouri leads an aerial flight formation during exercise Valiant Shield. The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is currently participating in Exercise Valiant Shield, 2006, the largest joint exercise in recent history. Held off the coast of Guam, it involves 28 naval vessels including three carrier strike groups. More than 300 aircraft and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
are also participating in the exercise. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jordon R. Beesley
