Northern Edge '08
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Lance Cpl. Joseph Trent, a plane captain with Marine Attack Squadron 242, gives the final salute before launching an F/A-18 on a training mission during Northern Edge ?08 at Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, Alaska. VMFA (AW) 242 traveled from Iwakuni, Japan to participate in the two-week joint training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Marine Sgt. Rocky Smith)