Keywords: people groupshot U.S. Air Force Col. Michael P. Winkler, left, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing out of Eielson Air Force Base and Japan Air Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Maehara, the vice commander of Air Defense Command, observe departing aircraft during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-2, Executive Observer Program at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 10, 2016. Senior air leaders, from Bangladesh, Canada, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand and the U.S., were on JBER to observe RED FLAG-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed training exercises for U.S. and international forces to provide joint offensive, counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alejandro Pena) U.S. Air Force Col. Michael P. Winkler, left, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing out of Eielson Air Force Base and Japan Air Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Maehara, the vice commander of Air Defense Command, observe departing aircraft during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-2, Executive Observer Program at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 10, 2016. Senior air leaders, from Bangladesh, Canada, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand and the U.S., were on JBER to observe RED FLAG-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed training exercises for U.S. and international forces to provide joint offensive, counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alejandro Pena) |