ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- An F-15C Eagle pilots prepares to launch on a sortie from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam June 22, 2006 during Exercise Valiant Shield 2006. F-15 are from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Valiant Shield 2006 is an intergraded joint training exercise among U.S. military forces and is the first of what will become a biennial exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)