Aggressors strike back at NORTHERN EDGE 2009
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Maj. Todd Hale looks through the canopy of an F-16 while flying over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during NORTHERN EDGE 2009, June 25. NE09 participants practice tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with defensive counter-air, close air support, and personnel-recovery missions. Major Hale is an F-16 pilot assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson AFB, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)