Military aircraft take off for Northern Edge 2017

Northern Edge 2017 is underway around Alaska. More than 150 military planes are taking part, flying from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks.
Commanders say this exercise is the closest thing to real that combat pilots can experience while still training, in part due to the size of the arena at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (J-PARC).
“We have a great opportunity because of the size of the range space– the size of Florida– to train an