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Airmen from the 31st Rescue Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, load a patient onto an HH-60 Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue mission for exercise Northern Edge 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 6, 2006. Northern Edge is a joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Alaskan Lieutenant Governor Loren Leman talks with Marine Corps LtCol Russell Emons while getting a close look at an F/A-18 Hornet during exercise Northern Edge.

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the New Hampshire Air National Guard takes off past a Mississippi ANG KC-135 on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, during Exercise Northern Edge 2006. The joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that prepare joint...

Three F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Iowa Air National Guard sit on the flightline at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during exercise Northern Edge 2006 on Tuesday, June 6, 2006. The joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that...

A crew chief with the 1st Fighter Wing from Langley Air Force Base, Va., directs an F-22 Raptor as it taxis down the runway after completion of its mission during Exercise Northern Edge 2006, on Wednesday, June 7, 2006. The joint training exercise, which runs from June 5 to 16 and is hosted by...

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron Four One takes off from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, during exercise Northern Edge 2006. The joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Lucas, an electrician's mate on the USS Chafee, repairs a light on the ship after it docked Saturday, June 3, 2006, in Seward, Alaska. The destroyer was participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2006. The joint training exercise, which runs from June 5 to 16 and is...

F-16 Fighting Falcons from Iowa and Ohio Air National Guard units sit ready on the flightline at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, during Exercise Northern Edge 2006. The joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command...

The USS O'Kane enters the harbor in Homer, Alaska, Sunday, June 4, 2006. The destroyer was participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2006. The joint training exercise, which runs from June 5 to 16 and is hosted by Alaskan Command, is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that prepare...

Air and Sea Dominance An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 18th Fighter Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, takes off on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, during exercise Northern Edge 2006. The joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that...