A Hornet at Cope Tiger
Sailors from Carrier Air Wing 5, Naval Air Facility-Atsugi, Japan, receive an F/A-18E Super Hornet at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, after a sortie March 10. The Sailors are deployed to Thailand in support of Cope Tiger 2009, an annual, multilateral large force aerial exercise conducted in Thailand including U.S., Thai and Singaporean military forces. The two-week exercise includes both flying and humanitarian missions conducted in Korat and Udon Thani, Thailand. Cope Tiger 2009 kicked off March 9 and will conclude March 20. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Erika Yepsen)