Cope North 09-1
A B-52 Stratofortress currently deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam from the 23rd
Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, leads a formation Feb. 10 of Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-2s from the 6th Squadron, Tsuiki Air Base, USAF F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and a Navy EA-6B Prowler from VAQ-136 Carrier Air Wing Five, Atsugi, Japan over Andersen Air Force Base Guam during Cope North 09-1from Feb. 2-13. Cope North 09-1 is the first iteration of a regularly scheduled joint and bilateral exercise and is part of the on-going series of exercises designed to enhance air operations in defense of Japan.
(U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald) released