Air Force Airman 1st Class Ronald Flanagan, an aircrew flight equipment apprentice, 374th Operations Support Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, calibrates a pair of night-vision goggles with Philippine 1st Lt. Jo Baniqued, C-130 Hercules co-pilot, 220th Airlift Wing, at Brig. Gen. Benito Ebuen Air Base, Philippines, before a night flight, April 24, as part of exercise Balikatan 2015. This year marks the 31st iteration of the exercise, which is an annual bilateral military training exercise and humanitarian civic assistance engagement. Staff Sgt. Nathan Allen

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