NE17 kicks-off
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – U.S. Air Force aircraft assigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., the 13th Fighter Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, and the 18th Aggressor Squadron, prepare for a sortie during NORTHERN EDGE 2017 (NE17) May 1, 2017, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. NE17 is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all the services, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)