A helicopter flies over at the end of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco, Friday, June 18, 2021. The U.S.-led African Lion war games, which lasted nearly two weeks, stretched across Morocco, a key U.S, ally, with smaller exercises held in Tunisia and in Senegal, whose troops ultimately moved to Morocco. (Photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo)





Helicopters carrying U.S and Moroccan special forces take part in a drill as part of the African Lion military exercise, in Tafraout base, near Agadir, Morocco, Monday, June 14, 2021. With more than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO, African Lion is U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise. (Photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo)





A firefighting aircraft returns to base amid massive plumes of smoke after dropping flame-retarding chemicals on the Bootleg Fire, as it expands to over 225,000 acres, in Bly, Oregon, U.S., July 15, 2021. Picture taken July 15, 2021. (Photo by Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Reuters)





In this October 22, 2015 file photo, a Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase in Syria. The Russian military says its warship has fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs to force a British destroyer from Russia's waters near Crimea in the Black Sea. The incident on Wednesday June 23, 2021, marks the first time since the Cold War era when Moscow used live ammunition to deter a NATO warship, reflecting soaring Russia-West tensions. (Photo by Vladimir Isachenkov/AP Photo/File)





A French marine stands past the nose of a French air force Rafale jet fighter parked on the UK Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth during the Navy exercise “Gallic strike” off the coast of Toulon, south-eastern France on June 3, 2021. This unprecedented joint maneuver called “Gallic Strike”, which has mobilized since two days 14 warships and 56 combat aircraft off the coast of Toulon, aims in particular to train to conduct strikes from the sea, and to operate jointly the tricolor Rafale Marine fighter planes, catapulted, and the British F-35s which take off vertically or using a springboard. (Photo by Christophe Simon/AFP Photo)





An Airbus A400M transport aircraft of the German Air Force takes off early this morning from the Wunstorf air base in the Hanover region Monday, August 16, 2021. In view of the rapid advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Bundeswehr wants to begin evacuating German citizens and local Afghan forces from Kabul. (Photo by Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa via AP Photo)





In this January 5, 2021 photo from the U.S. Air Force, two KC-10 Extender crew chiefs board the aircraft at Al-Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. An Air Force KC-10 Extender that flew out of Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, May 2, 2021, used the call sign “PIKLRICK” on a mission that saw it fly east out over the Gulf of Oman, according to flight-tracking data. The call sign appears to be a nod to an episode of the cartoon “Rick and Morty” in which one of the titular characters turns himself into a pickle to escape a family therapy session. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/U.S. Air Force via AP Photo)





A British RAF Typhoon aircraft escorts a C130 transport plane on its way to Jordan for an airdrop of paratroopers from the U.K.'s 16th Air Assault Brigade as part of an exercise conducted jointly with Jordanian soldiers on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Photo by Petros Karadjias/AP Photo)





In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, A Russian Tu-160 bomber taxies before takeoff at an airbase in Russia, Thursday, July 8, 2021. The Russian military says it has conducted drills involving nuclear-capable strategic bombers firing cruise missiles. The Defense Ministry said Thursday that Tu-160 and Tu-95 strategic bombers took off from their base in the Saratov region on the Volga River and flew more than 4,000 kilometers (about 2,500 miles) to launch cruise missiles at practice targets at a firing range in the Arctic. (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)





This photo made available by Ian Simpson on Friday July 23, 2021, shows a shower of sparks from an F-15E Strike Eagle that experienced a malfunction after takeoff, near RAF Lakenheath, Lakenheath, England, on July 13, 2021. Photographer Ian Simpson was honored by the 48th Fighter Wing for alerting Lakenheath about the troubles when he realized the pilot wasn’t aware of the issue. (Photo by Ian Simpson via AP Photo)





The RAF’s C-130J Hercules supporting the British Army’s 16 Air Assault Brigade taking part in an exercise over Jordan in 2021. (Photo by Corporal Lee Matthews/Royal Air Force)





A French Barkhane force Caiman transport helicopter lands following a night mission in Gao, Mali, Monday June 7, 2021. France has suspended joint military operations with Malian forces until the junta led by Col. Assimi Goita, who retook control of Mali's transitional government May 24, complies with international demands to restore civilian rule. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)





In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Ethan Tews walks across the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan to board an MH-60S SeaHawk helicopter to head to an oil tanker that was attacked off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea on Friday, July 30, 2021. An attack on an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire killed two crew members off Oman in the Arabian Sea, authorities said Friday, marking the first fatalities after years of assaults targeting shipping in the region. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Quinton A. Lee/U.S. Navy via AP Photo)





Spitfires took to the skies above Bedfordshire on Sunday, May 2, 2021 for their first public airshow of the year, hosted by the Shuttleworth Collection in Biggleswade, England. (Photo by Caroline Haycock/Bav Media)





US and Royal Australian Air Force troops watch a special operations MC-130J Commando II being put through its paces in exercises off New South Wales in July 2021. (Photo by 1st Lt Joshua Thompson/US Air Force via Triangle News)





An Il-78 air tanker demonstrates refueling a Tu-95MS strategic bomber above Cathedral Square of the Kremlin during a flypast rehearsal ahead of a parade on Victory Day, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)