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250211-F-XJ318-1001

Participants of the Seventh Annual Airman-to-Airman Talks pose for a group photo at Camp Murray, Washington, February, 11, 2025. The three-day program focused on professional development, air domain awareness, and strengthening relationships between Pacific Air Forces, Washington Air National Guard, and Royal Malaysian Air Force. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Master Sergeant Brandy Burke)

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250211-F-XJ318-1006

Maj. Gen. Gent Welsh, Washington National Guard Commander, welcomes participants of the Seventh Annual Airman-to-Airman Talks at Camp Murray, Washington, February, 11, 2025. The three-day program focused on professional development, air domain awareness, and strengthening relationships between Pacific Air Forces, Washington Air National Guard, and Royal Malaysian Air Force. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Master Sergeant Brandy Burke)

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Strategic Integration and Deterrence Take Center Stage in Bamboo Eagle

Royal Canadian Air Force member participates in exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1 at the 705th Combat Training Squadron’s Distributed Mission Operations Center, on Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 13, 2025. Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1 executed live-fly operations in the eastern Pacific and a simultaneous 24-hour live, virtual, and constructive rolling scenarios, tackling issues involving distributed command and control, communications degradation, logistics and sustainment challenges, and tyranny of distance. (Photo cropped to focus on subject.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Deb Henley)

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250210-F-RI626-1518

An F-35 Lighting II fighter aircraft assigned to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing over the Southeast Pacific Ocean during exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1, Feb. 10, 2025. Bamboo Eagle allows aircrews to train in combat representative scenarios, enhancing their ability to execute complex refueling operations in contested environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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250210-F-RI626-1522

U.S. Air Force Capt. Abby Devarennes, 50th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, performs pre-flight checks on a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, prior to an air refueling mission at McClellan Airport in Sacramento California, during exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1, Feb. 10, 2025. Bamboo Eagle provides the opportunity to test the coordination between air mobility and combat forces, ensuring sustained fighter operations and rapid power projection in contested environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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250210-F-RI626-1520

Three F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft assigned to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, fly alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, over the Southeast Pacific Ocean during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1, Feb. 10, 2025. Bamboo Eagle allows aircrews to train in combat representative scenarios, enhancing their ability to execute complex refueling operations in contested environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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250210-F-AI717-1052

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nolan Malloy, KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, assigned to the 465th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, examines his left flank prior to conducting aerial refueling with aircraft over the U.S. Indo-Pacific area of responsibility, Feb. 10, 2025, as part of exercise Cope North 2025. KC-135 pilots are highly trained aviators, who serve a critical role in providing fuel to fixed-wing aircraft engaging in realistic combat training and exchanging shared tactics, techniques and procedures to better integrate trilateral defense capabilities and enhance interoperability in support of regional security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

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250210-F-AI717-1114

A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-35A Lightning II prepares to make contact with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 465th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, as part of exercise Cope North 2025, Feb. 10, 2025 over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. The F-35A provides next-generation stealth, enhanced situational awareness, and reduced vulnerability to the realistic combat training and scenarios in CN25. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

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250210-F-AI717-1086

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Patrick Carlin, boom operator, assigned to the 465th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, prepares to make contact with a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-35A Lightning II during aerial refueling as part of exercise Cope North 2025, Feb. 10, 2025 over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. Boom operators are tasked with aerial refueling duties, as well as monitoring the aircraft and aiding the pilots. These Airmen are critical in providing fuel to aircraft participating in the realistic combat training conducted during CN25. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

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250210-F-AI717-1152

A Japan Air Self Defense Force F-35A Lightning II banks to its right after aerial refueling over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Feb. 10, 2025, as part of exercise Cope North 2025. Pacific Air Forces, alongside our Joint and multinational partners routinely exercise and train at various locations, demonstrating our collective ability to deploy airpower throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

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250210-F-AI717-1152

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Patrick Carlin, boom operator assigned to the 465th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, completes a preflight checklist prior to a mission supporting exercise Cope North 2025, Feb. 10, 2025 over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. Boom operators are tasked with aerial refueling duties, as well as monitoring the aircraft and aiding the pilots. These Airmen are critical in providing fuel to aircraft participating in the realistic combat training conducted during CN25. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

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Headline: 434 ARW Joins Partner Nations at CN25

U.S. Air Force Airmen check the engine oil of a KC-135R Stratotanker after arriving for Cope North 2025 (CN25) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 10, 2025. CN25 is a field training exercise that provides training for aircrews as well as deployed maintenance and support personnel in sustainment of large-force deployed air operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elise Faurote)

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434th ARW Joins Partner Nations at Cope North 25

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker waits to be towed after arriving to support Cope North 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 10, 2025. The Stratotanker, assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, will refuel aircraft from the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Australian Air Force, and Japanese Air Self Defense Force during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elise Faurote)

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434th ARW Joins Partner Nations at Cope North 25

U.S. Air Force Airmen complete a post-flight inspection of a KC-135R Stratotanker after arriving to support Cope North 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 10, 2025. For over 45 years, Cope North has fostered interoperability between the United States and partner nations through agile and integrated airpower generation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elise Faurote)

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250207-F-AI717-1379

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford, Aerial Combat Camera Journeyman, assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, prepares to document a formation flight inside an F-16D Fighting Falcon over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Feb. 7, 2025, as part of exercise Cope North 2025. CN25 is a multinational, U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, field training exercise focused on conducting Combat Air Force training to increase partner nation interoperability. Participants exercise interoperability during CN25 through agile, integrated generation of airpower, demonstrating resilience and survivability in a contested environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

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250207-F-AI717-1221

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7 Wedgetail is flanked from top to bottom by a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon, a RAAF F-35A Lightning II, a USAF F-35A, a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-35A, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, a USMC F/A-18C Super Hornet, and followed by a U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler during a formation over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Feb. 7, 2025, as part of exercise Cope North 2025. The United States, Australian, and Japanese air forces, who work as trilateral exercise leads, will establish command and control to organize training for the multinational task force. CN25 exercise activities will take place at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the surrounding airspace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

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434th ARW Joins Partner Nations at Cope North 2025

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Cory O’Conner, 72nd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, stands ready to help arriving participants in Cope North 2025 (CN25) unload luggage after arriving at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 5, 2025. Participants exercise interoperability during CN25 through agile, integrated generation of airpower, demonstrating resilience and survivability in a contested environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elise Faurote)

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434th ARW Joins Partner Nations at Cope North 2025

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ashlyn Hunter, 434th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, climbs the ladder of a KC-135R Stratotanker during exercise Cope North 25 (CN25) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 5, 2025. For over 45 years, the U.S. has teamed up with partner nations during Cope North exercises to strengthen interoperability and achieve regional security in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elise Faurote)

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U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Japan launch First Bilateral Space Effort

A joint delegation of U.S. and Japanese military and civilian representatives watch as a U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 (QZS-6) successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) on February 3, 2025. This is the first bilateral U.S.-Japan cooperative space effort focused on national security, and the first of two launches as part of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Hosted Payload (QZSS-HP). (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood)

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U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Japan launch First Bilateral Space Effort

A joint delegation of U.S. and Japanese military and civilian representatives watch as a U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 (QZS-6) successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) on February 3, 2025. This is the first bilateral U.S.-Japan cooperative space effort focused on national security, and the first of two launches as part of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Hosted Payload (QZSS-HP). (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Wood)

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