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A 19th Aerial Refueling Wing (19th AREFW) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft known as "Cherokee Rose" sits parked on the flight line. The 19th AREFW, which is based at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia, has deployed several of its aircraft to Whiteman AFB for exercise Mighty Warrior '89

A close-up view of the artwork on the nose of a 19th Aerial Refueling Wing (19th AREFW) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft known as "Swamp Witch." The 19th AREFW, which is based at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia, has deployed several of its aircraft to Whiteman AFB for exercise Mighty Warrior '89

A KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft from the 19th Aerial Refueling Wing (19th AREFW) is silhouetted against the sun while on a mission during exercise Mighty Warrior '89. The 19th AREFW, which is based at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Ga., has deployed several of its aircraft to Whiteman AFB, Mo., for the exercise

Three KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft of the 19th Aerial Refueling Wing (19th AREFW) sit parked on the flight line. The 19th AREFW, which is based at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Ga., has deployed several of its aircraft to Whiteman AFB for exercise Mighty Warrior '89

A view of the fin flash and unit symbol on the vertical stabilizer of a 19th Aerial Refueling Wing (19th AREFW) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. The 19th AREFW, which is based at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia, has deployed several of its aircraft to Whiteman AFB for exercise Mighty Warrior '89

A view of the nose of the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft"Cherokee Rose"showing the artwork illustrating its name. The aircraft was taken by four different air crews on a series of record-setting"time-to-climb"flights

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 18th Fighter Wing (FW) Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, flies a mission in support of exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

The members of one of the four crews to man the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft"Cherokee Rose"on a record-setting"time-to-climb"flight pose after their mission. This crew is from the 19th Air Refueling Wing based at Robins Air Force Base

An air-to-air view of a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft preparing to refuel an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing as seen from the cockpit of the F-15. The aircraft are flying from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to participate in Exercise WILLIAM TELL `84

A close-up view of the artwork on the nose of a 19th Aerial Refueling Wing (19th AREFW) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft known as "Cherokee Rose." The 19th AREFW, which is based at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia, has deployed several of its aircraft to Whiteman AFB for exercise Mighty Warrior '89

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Subject Operation/Series: MIGHTY WARRIOR '89

Base: Whiteman Air Force Base

State: Missouri (MO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David Mcleod

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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18/09/1989
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label_outline Explore Arefw, Cherokee Rose, Exercise Mighty Warrior

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Sgt. Major Lanette Wright, sergeant major of the 24th

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A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II, 442nd Fighter Wing (FW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), pilot taxis into position for a hot refuel of his aircraft

Retired military service members, and their supporters,

The 190th Air Refueling Wing evacuates four KC-135R

Sen. Todd Young (right) discusses combat capabilities

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