Exercise Tonnerre Lightning exhibits trust, teamwork, training
An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Mediterranean Sea during exercise Tonnerre Lighting Nov. 9, 2016. Tonnerre Lightning is a trilateral exercise with France and the United Kingdom which focused on refining communication procedures while building interoperability capabilities and readiness to conduct combined air operations. The F-16 is assigned to the assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, and the KC-135 is assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony)