Marine Aerial Transport Fuel up AF Fighters for NE11
(From left to right) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jason Rudy, a power line shop mechanic with the Marine Aerial Transport Squadron (VMGR) 452, Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., and Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Martinez, a maintenance chief with the Marine Air Control Squadron 23, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., observe an air-to-air refueling of an F-18C Hornet from the "Fighting Omars" Fighter Squadron Composite (VFC) 12 from the Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Va., during the Northern Edge Premier Joint Training Exercise at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, June 21. Northern Edge first began in 1993, following a long tradition of exercises such as JACK FROST in 1975, BRIM FROST from 1981-1989 and Arctic Warrior from 1991-1992. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)