U.S. Airmen Continue Training During Red Flag-Alaska 12-2

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. airmen conduct post-fight checks on a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon as it returns from a combat-training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Pacific Air Forces sponsors the exercise, which takes place in the Joint Pacific Range Complex over Alaska and a portion of Western Canada for a total airspace of more than 67,000 square miles. The U.S. airmen are assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Torres checks the oil while conducting a post-flight check on a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Torres is a crew chief assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class William Orlandi uses a headset to communicate with the pilot of a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 36th Fighter Squadron during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Orlandi is a crew chief assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. James Broome references an electronic technical order for an F-16C Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Broome is a crew chief assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • Two U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons rest in a hanger after returning from a combat-training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. The Falcons are assigned to the 36th Fighter Sqaudron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • Two U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft taxi down the flightline after completing a combat-training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dusty Filemoni and Staff Sgt. Brandon Smith replace the chaff and flares on a 36th Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Filemoni and Smith are aircraft armament systems specialists assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class William Orlandi marshals in a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon after a combat-training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Orlandi is a crew chief assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Shannon Beers shakes hands with Airman 1st Class William Orlandi after completing a combat-training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 18, 2012. Beers, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron, and Orlandi, a crew chief assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, are based on Osan Air Base, South Korea. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth