RF-A: Ramping up
F-15E Strike Eagles get final checks prior to launching during RED FLAG-Alaska 10-2, April 20, 2010, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A provides participants 67,000 square miles of airspace, more than 30 threat simulators, one conventional bombing range and two tactical bombing ranges containing more than 400 different types of targets. The Strike Eagles are assigned to Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)