Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-15J Eagles taxis toward the runway at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, before departing for a combat training mission June 11, 2012, during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2. Red Flag-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, joint/coalition, tactical air combat employment exercise which corresponds to the operational capability of participating units. The entire exercise takes place in the Joint Pacific Range Complex over Alaska as well as a portion of Western Canada for a total airspace of more than 67,000 square miles.