Japanese Air Self Defense Force maintainers, 601st Squadron, Misawa Air Base Japan tow an E-2C aircraft Feb. 5 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam during Cope North 09-1. Navy EA-6B Prowlers from VAQ-136 Carrier Air Wing Five, Atsugi, Japan along with Japan Air Self Defense Force F-2s from the 6th Squadron, Tsuiki Air Base and E-2Cs fighter airborne control aircraft joined forward deployed USAF F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and B-52 Stratofortress' currently deployed to Andersen from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron for Cope North exercise Feb. 2-13. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald) released