Red Flag-Alaska
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andy Birmingham, a boom operator assigned to the 99th Air Refueling Squadron, out of Birmingham Air National Guard Base, Ala., refuels a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor multi-role fighter aircraft assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2016, in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-3. Air refueling allows aircraft participating in RF-A to stay in the air longer and extend sortie times. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Isaac Johnson)