THE TENSION: Images: Combat Camera, Sat. 17 June

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft perform maneuvers over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 14, 2006, during exercise Northern Edge 2006. The joint exercise is one of a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that prepare joint forces to respond to crises in the Asian Pacific region. The aircraft are from 112th Fighter Squadron, Ohio Air National Guard. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Rob Wieland, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brian Lust fires at insurgents probing U.S. and Iraqi army positions while on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, June 6, 2006. Lust is a Navy combat diver attached to 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company deployed with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Samuel C. Peterson, U.S. Navy. (Released)

A U.S. Marine from Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 directs a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter as it takes off after refueling at Landing Zone Bull in Yuma, Ariz., June 15, 2006, during exercise Desert Talon 2-06. The exercise is designed to prepare Marines for upcoming deployments. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Kelly R. Chase, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers board a CH-47D Chinook helicopter near Bayji, Iraq, after completing a mission June 6, 2006. The Soldiers are with 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment. The helicopter is attached to 6th Battalion, 101st General Support Aviation Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Alfred Johnson, U.S. Army. (Released)