An F-15 pilot assigned to the 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, gives the signal that he is ready and has a full tank after receiving fuel from a KC-135 crew assigned to the 96th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 21 over Thailand air space before continuing maneuvers during Cope Tiger 2011, an annual, multilateral, joint field training exercise currently being conducted at Korat and Udon Thani Royal Thai Air Bases March 14 - 25. Participants of Cope Tiger include the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Royal Thai air force,

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An F-15 pilot assigned to the 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, gives the signal that he is ready and has a full tank after receiving fuel from a KC-135 crew assigned to the 96th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 21 over Thailand air space before continuing maneuvers during Cope Tiger 2011, an annual, multilateral, joint field training exercise currently being conducted at Korat and Udon Thani Royal Thai Air Bases March 14 - 25. Participants of Cope Tiger include the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Royal Thai air force, Royal Thai army, and the Republic of Singapore air force.

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Photo credit: © PJF Military Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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