U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Hailey Staker ()
Senior Airman Alexander Blum-Ramos, left, a crew chief assigned to the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Rowdy, an F-22 pilot assigned to the 525th EFS, exchange salutes during Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1 at Tinian International Airport, Northern Mariana Islands, March 1, 2023. Throughout the weeklong exercise, F-22 Raptors will fly sorties from locations within the Northern Mariana Islands in a first for the aircraft. AR 23-1 is an Agile Combat Employment exercise and tests ACE’s hub and spoke frameworks by only employing bare-necessity, mission essential personnel and equipment to operate in a degraded environment.
