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USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

USAF F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Air show display, October 2007 - MCAS, Miramar

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- F-15 Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-18 Hornets, Japanese P-3 Orions and a B-2 Spirit, line the Andersen flight line during Exercise Valiant Shield, 22 June, 2006. Valiant Shield 2006, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise, which runs June 19 to 23, will be...

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- F-15 Strike Eagle pilot Captain Dave Mentzer from Kadena Air Base, Japan, looks up to the boom operator of a KC-135 Stratotanker while being aerial refueled over the Pacific Ocean during Exercise Valiant Shield, 20 June, 2006. Valiant Shield 2006, the U.S. Pacific...

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- F-15 Strike Eagles from Kadena Air Base, Japan, soar over the Pacific Ocean after an aerial refueling mission during Exercise Valiant Shield, 20 June, 2006. Valiant Shield 2006, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise, which runs June 19 to 23, will be conducted in the...

The pilots waits in their F-15E Strike Eagle before taking off on a sortie from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam June 23, 2006 during Exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The F-15 and its crews are from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Valiant Shield 2006 is an integrated joint training exercise among...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- Major Paul Johnson, 44th Fighter Squadron, Kadena AB, Japan, makes his final preparations prior to taking off for a training sortie during Valiant Shield 2006, June 22, 2006. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training and interoperability among U.S...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- F-15 Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-18 Hornets, Japanese P-3 Orions and a B-2 Spirit, line the Andersen flight line during Exercise Valiant Shield, 22 June, 2006. Valiant Shield 2006, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise, which runs June 19 to 23, will be...

Two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are ready for takeoff Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at a deployed location in Southwest Asia. The 336th is home-based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Strang)

MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan -- A 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-15E Strike Eagle over Afghanistan. (Courtesy photo)

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- Senior Airman Tamara Rhone and fellow maintainers and weapons loaders do the final preflight inspection on an F-15E Strike Eagle before takeoff. Airman Rhone is a crew chief assigned to the 391st Aircraft Maintenance Unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master...

OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE -- An F-15C Eagle shoots off flares during a training mission Feb. 7. The flares alert civilian aircraft that they are in restricted airspace. The 33rd Fighter Wing has been supporting Operation Noble Eagle since Sept. 11, 2001, (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Kristi Beckman)

OVER ATLANTIC OCEAN (AFPN) - An F-15 Eagle, F/A-22 Raptor and P-51 Mustang train for heritage flight formation flying April 27 off the coast of Langley Air Force Base, Va. Maj. Michael Shower, piloting the F/A-22, is getting his checkout ride for the formation with P-51 Pilot Maj. Gen. Mike...

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- End-of-runway crews with the 390th Aircraft Maintenance Unit perform recovery checks on an F-15 Eagle as part of their daily jobs on returning aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Robert Richardson)