US Air Force and Navy fighter jets and military helicopters line up on the runway for an elephant walk on Kadena Air Base.U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tylir Meyer A 53-aircraft exercise put ...

Multinational partners conduct an elephant walk as part of Cope North 2024 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Monday. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] A large-scale multilateral exercise underway in the ...

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack fighter jets, assigned to the 355th Wing assemble on the runway at ...

The Elephant Walk Idea: Modern elephant walks are often conducted to signal military strength to rivals. For example, the 2021 Greece elephant walk during INIOCHOS 21 at Andravida Air Base involved ...

The high-profile “elephant walks” are about more than just presenting the F-22's strength. The United States Air Force carried out its first "elephant walk" of 2025 at Langley Air Force Base (AFB) in ...

An American military base in Japan on Tuesday, May 6, participated in a massive show-of-force, showing off 53 warplanes and a pair of defense missiles in an ‘elephant walk’ exercise at one of its ...

Eight U-2s lined up on Beale’s runway, together with nine T-38s and two KC-135s. The U.S. Air Force released photos of a rare elephant walk with the U-2 Dragon Lady at Beale Air Force Base, California ...

Summary and Key Points: In November 2021, the 104th Fighter Squadron of the Maryland Air National Guard conducted an impressive “elephant walk” exercise at Warfield Air National Guard Base, showcasing ...

The US Air Force conducted its first so-called "elephant walk" drill using F-35 fighter jets Monday, launching dozens of aircraft in a condensed period as part of what the service called a "combat ...

A 53-aircraft exercise put US military airpower on display in Japan earlier this week. Fighter jets, rescue helicopters, and spy planes taxiied the runway at Kadena Air Base. The massive aircraft ...