Preparing aircraft for flight
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Andrea Shimooka, right, a communication and navigation technician with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA [AW]) 242, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing has a discussion with Sgt. Jospeh Channell, an aviation ordnance technician with VMFA (AW)-242, while conducting routine maintenance on a Marine Corps FA-18D Hornet assigned to VMFA (AW)-242 during Exercise Northern Edge 15 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 15, 2015. Northern Edge is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all services, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units are involved. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Suzanne Dickson/Released)