Exercise Northern Edge 2017

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., departs the runway May 9, 2017, in support of Exercise Northern Edge 2017. Northern Edge is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures, as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all the services—Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units—are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Gordinier)

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Service members keep a wide variety of aircraft ready for Northern Edge 2017

An Airman with 96th Test Wing based out of Eglin Air Force Base conducts preflight operation checks on a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, for exercise Northern Edge 2017, May 5, 2017. This exercise is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures, as well as enhance interoperability among the services. The exercise provides real-world proficiency in detection and tracking of units at sea, in the air and on land and in response to multiple crises in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

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Northern Edge 2017

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eglin Air Force Base Fla., takes off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during exercise Northern Edge 17, May 3, 2017. 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 the services – Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units – are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Javier Alvarez)

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Northern Edge 2017

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eglin Air Force Base Fla., takes off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during exercise Northern Edge 17, May 3, 2017. 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 the services – Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units – are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Javier Alvarez)

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Northern Edge 2017

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eglin Air Force Base Fla., takes off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during exercise Northern Edge 17, May 3, 2017. 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 the services – Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units – are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Javier Alvarez)

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Northern Edge 2017

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eglin Air Force Base Fla., takes off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during exercise Northern Edge 17, May 3, 2017. 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 the services – Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units – are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Javier Alvarez)

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Service members keep a wide variety of aircraft ready for Northern Edge 2017

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft with the 96th Test Wing based out of Eglin Air Force Base gets preflight operational checks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, for exercise Northern Edge 2017, May 5, 2017. This exercise is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures, as well as enhance interoperability among the services. The exercise provides real-world proficiency in detection and tracking of units at sea, in the air and on land and response to multiple crises in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

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Northern Edge 2017

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eglin Air Force Base Fla., takes off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during exercise Northern Edge 17, May 3, 2017. 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 the services – Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units – are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Javier Alvarez)

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Cool deployment

Published May 17, 2017
By Samuel King Jr.
Team Eglin Public Affairs

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --

Aircraft from the 96th Test Wing and 53rd Wing deployed here for the two-week Northern Edge exercise.

The wings performed various developmental and operational testing on F-15s and F-16 Fighting Falcons.

Exercise Northern Edge 2017

Service members keep a wide variety of aircraft ready for Northern Edge 2017

Northern Edge 2017

Northern Edge 2017

Northern Edge 2017

Northern Edge 2017

Service members keep a wide variety of aircraft ready for Northern Edge 2017

Northern Edge 2017