A 1st Fighter Wing F-22 Raptor pilot prepares to depart for Red Flag 16-3 at Langley Air Force Base, Va., July 7, 2016. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range — the U.S. Air Force’s premier military training area with more than 15,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R. Alex Durbin)