Bilateral Training

Private (Pte) Francois Brisson, a crew chief from Montreal, Quebec, straps Capt. James Kettle into his Canadian Forces CF-18 Feb. 22 at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The three-week exercise pitted Canadian CF-18s against F-16s from Homestead’s 93rd Fighter Squadron. Also, Canadian fighter pilot students participated in the annual exercise for the first time in its history. (Canadian Air Force photo/Cpl. J.A. Wilson)

Bilateral Training

Corporal (Cpl) Sandy Schnurr, an avionics technician from Lethbridge, Alberta, pumps hydraulic fluid into a Canadian Forces CF-18 Feb. 22 at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The three-week Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training exercise tested the air-to-air combat skills of both Canadian and American fighter pilots. (Canadian Air Force photo/Cpl. J.A. Wilson)

Flying missions support Operation Iraqi Freedom

An F-15E Strike Eagle taxis at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission on Monday, June 12. The aircraft is deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley)

Operation Mountain Lion roars

An F-15E Strike Eagle soars over the mountains of Afghanistan in support of Operation Mountain Lion on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. The crew and fighter are deployed to the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in Southwest Asia from the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)