Valiant Shield '07
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Members of the personnel recovery coordination cell discuss a downed pilot recovery mission Aug. 7 in the air operation center here, Hawaii during Exercise Valiant Shield. The Airmen are from the 613th Air Operations Center. Valiant Shield is a week-long exercise, which tests the military’s ability to rapidly consolidate joint forces in response to regional contingencies, involves approximately 22,000 troops, 30 ships and some 275 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)