ALASKA (May 3, 2021) Three U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets, deployed with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Gulf of Alaska, fly in formation beside a U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender as they refuel over an Alaska range in support of Northern Edge 2021. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members are participating in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces� skills, practice tactics, techniques, and procedures, improve command, control and communication relationships, and to develop cooperative plans and programs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Burt Traynor)