C-130 training over Alaska

A 36th Airlift Squadron C-130H Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, flies over Alaska during a training exercise for Red Flag Alaska 10-3, June 23. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

Belgium participates in first RF-Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Adjudant Gert Van Den Berghe, Belgian Air Component 15th Air Transport Wing 20th Squadron loadmaster, prepares a Belgian C-130 Hercules for takeoff June 22. This was the first time the BAC has participated in RF-Alaska. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Gross)

Belgium participates in first RF-Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Adjudant Christlaen Yues, Belgian Air Component 15th Air Transport Wing 20th Squadron flight engineer, performs a pre-flight inspection on a Belgian C-130 Hercules June 22. This was the first time the BAC has participated in RF-Alaska. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Gross)

Belgium participates in first RF-Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Members from the Belgian Air Component 15th Air Transport Wing 20th Squadron conduct a preflight brief June 22. This was the first time the BAC has participated in RF-Alaska. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Gross)

Belgium participates in first RF-Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A Belgian C-130 Hercules takes off, June 18, while participating in Red Flag-Alaska. This was the first time the Belgian Air Component has participated in RF-Alaska. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Gross)

JASDAF honors fallen AWACS crew

Members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force look at the plaques of fallen Airmen at the Yukla 27 Memorial on Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, June 7. The Yukla 27 Memorial is dedicated in memory to the 24 American and Canadian Airmen who lost their lives in defense of freedom when an E-3B Sentry AWACS from the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron crashed after takeoff September 22, 1995. The Japanese Air Self Defense Force is here participating in Red Flag Alaska 10-3, and pay tribute at the memorial every year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)