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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jamaray Porter, 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, left, and Senior Airman Christian Yambao, 317th AMXS assistant flying crew chief, monitor refueling operations for a Maximum Endurance Operation en route to Exercise Balikatan 2026 at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, April 16, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jade M. Caldwell)