Red Flag-Alaska 07-2
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Flying Officers Murray Ross and Lucas Roston, both of the Royal Australian air force, Williamtown, Australia, monitor a radar screen during Red Flag-Alaska 07-02, June 14, 2007. Flying Officers Ross and Roston, and other weapons controllers, monitor the back-up control facility for the exercise and provide support for over 67,000 square miles around Eielson AFB, Alaska. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. It is conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder)