Talisman Sabre

U.S. Air Force Maj. Dana Dailey 446 Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. pilots a C-17 Globemaster III into position to conduct aerial refueling with a KC-10 Extender during an airdrop mission with U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 509 infantry Brigade in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre July 7, 2015, over the Pacific Ocean. Exercise Talisman Sabre is a U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM)- sponsored exercise that trains PACOM forces in a high-end, mid-intensity warfighting scenario involving a Combined Task Force (CTF). PACOM forces and Australian Defense Forces (ADF) will establish, constitute, command and control a Combined Task Force (CTF-660) of U.S. and Australian forces that will enable assessment of the primary training audiences in order to exercise combined operational warfighting in the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)