EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Spanish F-18 sits on the flight line waiting to be serviced before a training exercise July 10. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Spanish F-18 sits on the flight line waiting to be serviced before a training exercise July 10. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A Spanish F-18 sits on the flight line waiting to be serviced before a training exercise July 10. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Cpl. Javier Suarez, 12th Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, of the Spanish Air Force cleans the canopy of an F-18 July 10. Spain is one of several countries that will participate in Red Flag-Alaska 07-3. These exercises are conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Eight Spanish F-18s sit on the flight line waiting to be serviced before a training exercise July 10. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A member of the Spanish Air Force, 12th Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain, cleans the inside canopy of an F-18 hornet July 10. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A member of the Spanish Air Force, 12th Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base Spain, cleans the inside canopy of F-18 hornet July 10, 2007. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)

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Red Flag-Alaska 07-3 prepares to begin

Published July 10, 2007