KALAIKUNDA AIR STATION, India (AFPN) -- Indian air force Air Commodore B.C. Nanjapa gets a bird's eye view sitting in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon, as he and Col. Rusty Cabot discuss the fighter's capabilities. A dozen F-16s from Misawa Air Base, Japan, are here with about 250 U.S. Airmen from five Pacific bases participating in exercise Cope India 06. The exercise aims to strengthen ties and promote interoperability between the two countries' air forces. Colonel Cabot is the deployed forces commander here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. John Redfield)