A French Air and Space Force operator monitors the aerial refueling of a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jet from a French Military aircraft A330 MRTT Phénix tanker over Alaska, during the Pegase 2026, a French Air and Space Force mission that will take French military aircraft from the Arctic to the Indo-Pacific, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)