EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - Corporal (Cpl) Adam Vandenberg, an Aviation Technician from 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron uses hand motions to signal to the pilot of the CF-18 he is praparing to launch. Cpl Vandenberg, a native of Brandon On. is a participant in Exercise Cooperative Cope Thunder 06-3 (CCT06-3). CCT06-3 is an annually run excersise with missions being flown out of both Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska from Jul 20 - Aug 5 2006. Exercise participants this year include Canada the United States, Japan, Sweden, Nato, Mongolia, South Korea, Germany, the Slovak Republic, and Australia. Observer nations include Mexico, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Malaysia, and Russia. Approximately 1300 service personnel are participating, about 800 of those from the host nation. Photo by Cpl J.A. Wilson, CCT06-3 Canadian Public Affairs
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