<hi style=afpcap>AK means Alaska, where this Eagle lives. But the setting is Nellis AFB, Nevada, where a Gunsmoke exercise is taking place—an air-to-ground gunnery and bombing competition . Nellis is also home to Red Flag, an exercise realistic pilots call it the "real war." This McDonnell Douglas F-15E Eagle (formerly Strike Eagle) represents the 90th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, based at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.</hi>