Best pics of the week: Dec. 20, 2020

  • Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation with two Royal Saudi Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles after receiving fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a routine exercise over Southwest Asia, Dec. 15, 2020.
  • Soldiers conduct an emergency deployment readiness exercise mission at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, on Dec. 10, 2020.
  • Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Robert Murdolo signals to the pilots of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter Dec. 15, 2020, during night flight operations aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) in the North Arabian Sea.
  • Marines fire a MK-153 shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon in a live-fire squad attack range during exercise Fuji Viper 21.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, on Dec. 10, 2020.
  • Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Amber Burns fires an M4 carbine rifle Dec. 15, 2020, during a live-fire qualification exercise as part of unit level training at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
  • A Special Tactics operator guides a 27th Special Operations Wing MC-130J onto a runway during an exercise Nov. 6, 2020, at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M.
  • Gunnery Sgt. Nathaniel Schoenhoefer takes aim during the 2020 Far East Intramural Matches on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2020.
  • A military training instructor, center, stands in front of his flight during a basic military graduation and coining ceremony Dec. 10, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
  • Gasses ignite as an M1 Abrams tank fires its main gun during a Dec. 10, 2020, live fire as part of the Ready to Fight operations after arriving to the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania.
  • Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, fire the 120mm mortar system on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 13, 2020.