U.S. Air Force Maj. Sean Halbrook, an F-15 Eagle aircraft pilot with the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, prepares to take off on an exercise sortie June 11, 2014, during Cope Taufan 2014 at Royal Malaysian Air Force base Butterworth, Malaysia.
Cope Taufan is a biennial aerial combat exercise designed to increase the combat readiness and interoperability of the U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson, U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr