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RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman exits from a HH-60 Pave Hawk out onto the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. Freeman is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea. RED FLAG-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and coalition forces flown in under simulated air-combat conditions.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman applies camo face paint to help him blend in with the enviroment during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. Feeman is playing the role of a pilot who was shot down behind enemy lines and he must now survive, evade, resist and escape to successfully complete the training mission.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman stops and rests while trying to warm up his hands in below freezing conditions as he navigates through the woods to a safe location for extraction during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14,. 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman hears air activity above him and looks to confirm if it is friendly or hostile forces during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman hides in the thick brush as he figures out a direction to navigate through the woods to a safe location to get extracted during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman builds a fire to help combat the cold preventing frost bite and hypothermia during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman builds a fire to help combat frost bite and hypothermia during a survive, evade, resist and escape exercise in support of RED-FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman uses a PRC-112 radio to communicate with friendly forces in efforts to extract himself from a simulated hostile area during a survive, evade, resist and escape, SERE, exercise in support of RED FLAG - Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman sets off a smoke signal to be extracted from a simulated hostile area by an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a survive, evade, resist and escape, SERE, exercise in support of RED-FLAG-Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman shields his face from the rotor wash of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as it closes in to extract him from a simulated hostile area during a survive, evade, resist and escape exercise on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Robertson rappels from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter to rescue 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman from a simulated hostile area during a survive, evade, resist and escape exercise as part of RED FLAG - Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. Robertson is assigned to Detachment 1, 210th Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Robertson helps 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman to an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter to be extracted from a simulated hostile area during a survive, evade, resist and escape exercise as part of RED FLAG - Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Robertson holds on to 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman as they are extracted from a simulated hostile area by an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a survive, evade, resist and escape exercise as part of RED FLAG - Alaska 09-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman exits from a HH-60 Pave Hawk out onto the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex during RED FLAG-Alaska 09-1, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. Freeman is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea. RED FLAG-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and coalition forces flown in under simulated air-combat conditions.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder