Wings over the arctic
A F-16 Fighting Falcon sits in pre-contact position behind a KC-135 Stratotanker during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 Oct. 16, 2008, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The Pacific Alaskan Range Complex provides 67,000 square miles of airspace, one conventional bombing range and two tactical bombing ranges containing more than 400 different types of targets and more than 30 threat simulators, both manned and unmanned. The F-16 is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea. The KC-135 is assigned to the 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder)