The exercise happens several times a year, but the latest edition of Red Flag at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, featured more than just fast jets: it also boasted mustaches, lots of mustaches.

"You need to have an exhibit of contemporary Alaska art," he said. "They told me, 'No! It cannot be done.' "That was like waving a red flag at a bull to me." The French art bureaucracy has rules ...

The 353d Combat Training Squadron integrates realistic combat scenarios, air and surface threats, state-of-the-art ... Alaska. Photograph: Staff Sgt Joshua Turner/US Air Force -- All Red Flag ...

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 ...

Daren Herman, grandson of Alaska flag designer Benny Benson, was in the state for the first time to accept an honorary degree ...

After over two weeks of intense flight operations, the Italian Air Force successfully completed its participation to the Red Flag Alaska 24-1 exercise. The exercise, which ran from Apr. 18 to May ...