Torpedo Launch

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 15, 2011) An MK 46 Mod 5A exercise torpedo is launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) during the integrated maritime exercise Koa Kai. Together with the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37), and underway replenishment ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), O’Kane is participating in Koa Kai with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144) to prepare independent deployers in multiple warfare areas and provide training in a multi-ship environment. (U.S. Navy photograph by MC2 Daniel Barker/Released)