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B-52s and 5th-Gen Fighters conduct training sorties above Alaska
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Wing takes off in front of a 5th Bomb Wing B-52 Stratofortress at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 26, 2023. Alaska's geographic location makes it a strategic power projection platform for the United States, with Alaska being the closest U.S. location to the center of the Northern Hemisphere and therefore singularly closer to many national capitals in the hemisphere than most points in the Lower 48 states. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Patrick Sullivan)
B-52s and 5th-Gen Fighters conduct training sorties above Alaska
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Wing takes off in front of a 5th Bomb Wing B-52 Stratofortress at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 26, 2023. Alaska's geographic location makes it a strategic power projection platform for the United States, with Alaska being the closest U.S. location to the center of the Northern Hemisphere and therefore singularly closer to many national capitals in the hemisphere than most points in the Lower 48 states. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Patrick Sullivan)