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US Air Force Captain James Hayes, a pilot with the Indiana Reserves gets ready to take off from Moron Air Base, Spain, to fly back to the United States. CPT Hayes just completed a 90 tour in the Gulf and stopped at Moron Air Base, Spain, for crew rest

Its two pilots sit in the cockpit of an S-3A Viking aircraft of Air Anti-submarine Squadron 41 (VS-41) during Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 (CVWR-30) qualifications aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Yusuf Martin, assigned to the

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Kevin Wenger, 493rd Fighter Squadron, prepares for take off in an F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft during exercise William Tell 2004 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov.12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Colette Bennett) (Released)

2nd Lt. Braden Christensen, a pilot with 185th Air

Air Force Capt. Michael Blahut, an F-22 Raptor pilot

An Airman from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron

Maj. Kyle Ruthford, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from

Members of the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, in the cockpit of an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, assist in the search for targets previously dropped about 80 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. The men and aircraft are involved in Operation Cope Angel

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Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Kenneth Hiller, flight engineer, Captain (CPT) Griffin Drees, flight evaluator, both from the 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron, and Major (MAJ) John Ferrell, pilot, 66th Electronic Combat Wing, watch the horizon from the cockpit of an EC-130H Hercules aircraft for a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft that is to refuel them. The EC-130H"Compass Call"aircraft is based at Sembach Air Base, Germany. Its mission is to provide electronic countermeasures (ECM) to reduce the enemy's capability to wage war

An air-to-air right side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft preparing to refuel a 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron EC-130H Hercules aircraft at approximately 12,000 feet. The EC-130H"Compass Call"aircraft is based at Sembach Air Base, Germany. Its mission is to provide electronic countermeasures (ECM) to reduce the enemy's capability to wage war

United States Air Force Captain Tim Biltz, a C-130 Hercules Pilot with the 50th Airlift Squadron out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, works duty crew at the Operations Center at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. CPT Biltz is coordinating take-off and landings of C-130 Hercules aircraft flying missions into Tuzla Air Base in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in support of Operation Joint Guard

Captain Bly Blaser, a C-130 Hercules Pilot, fills out forms associated with flying Operation JOINT GUARD missions in and out of Bosnia from Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia, transiting to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, while Captain Kim Sheppard, C-130 co-pilot, (158th Air Squadron) looks out the cockpit for danger. Captain Blaser flies C-130's part-time for the Tennessee Air National Guard and is a full-time Boeing 747 pilot for United Parcel Service. JOINT GUARD is the peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

An air-to-air right side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft preparing to refuel a 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron EC-130H Hercules aircraft at approximately 12,000 feet. The EC-130H "Compass Call" aircraft is based at Sembach Air Base, Germany. Its mission is to provide Electronic CounterMeasures (ECM) to reduce the enemy's capability to wage war

Captain (CPT) Stephen Brown, 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, pilots a C-130 Hercules aircraft between Stuttgart and Hanau, West Germany, during Exercise REFORGER '83

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, performs his pre-flight walk around the aircraft, with crewchief AIRMAN 1ST Class Fausto Olivo, USAF, before taking off on a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, ...

Lieutenant General Charles A. Horner, Commanding Gerneral, 9th Air Force, conducts a preflight cockpit check in an F-15E Eagle aircraft. Horner's flight, his first in an F-15E, will close out a ceremony marking the conversion of the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (4th TFW), to F-15E aircraft. The 4th TFW is to be the Air Force's first operational F-15E wing

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Bryce Silver, an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, with the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England and South African Air Force (SAAF) Major General (MGEN) LaBuschagne, the Director of Force Preparation Planning staff, mid-air refuel with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), RAF Mildenhall, England

Captain (CPT) Charles Taylor, copilot, working from the cockpit of an EC-130H Hercules aircraft, prepares to link up his plane with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for refueling at an altitude of approximately 12,000 feet. Taylor is with the 66th Electronic Combat Wing. The EC-130H"Compass Call"aircraft is based at Sembach Air Base, Germany. Its mission is to provide electronic countermeasures (ECM) to reduce the enemy's capability to wage war

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Country: West Germany (FRG)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna

Release Status: Released to Public

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Pilot MAJ Bob Aboe and co-pilot 1LT John Burda of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prepare for a flight in an EC-135C Stratolifter advanced airborne command post aircraft (AABNCP).

A right front view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in flight during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

An air-to-air left side view of a Utah Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the northern part of the English Channel

Members of the 435th Organizational Maintenance Squadron repair the wing leading edge of a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron (TAS) C-130 Hercules aircraft damaged by a bird strike. The 37th TAS is participating in its first deployment to Portugal

Major General Reed Ernst, Deputy Commander Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Reserve Mobility and past commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing signs the EC-130E Hercules number 63-7783 after a decommissioning ceremony as Colonel (ret) Nickolas Bereschak past commander of the 193rd Tactical Electronics Warfare Group watches. The aircraft is the first to be decommissioned as part of the units conversion to C-130J's

A US Air Force (USAF) EC-130E Command Solo aircraft Number 63-7828 from the 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), Pennsylvania Air National Guard (ANG) is marshaled on the flight line at Middletown, Pennsylvania (PA). The Command Solo aircraft is being decommissioned after having acquired the highest number of flying hours in the fleet and will surpass 28,000 flying hours on its final flight. The 193rd SOW will transition to the new EC-130J Command Solo II aircraft. The aircraft bears the signature of many of its former and present crew chiefs in honor of its retirement

A sergeant from the 436th Security Police Squadron (436th SPS) rests his M-16A1 rifle on his thigh as he pauses during a patrol. Members of the 436th SPS were flown in from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to participate in Exercise Creek Warrior '88

A left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refueling an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight as another Falcon awaits its turn. The Falcons, from the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, are carrying AN/ALQ-131 pods and missile dispensers

MAJ Ed Kroboth of the 704th Tactical Airlift Squadron uses a smoke bomb to signal a search and rescue helicopter to his position as he acts as a downed pilot during Exercise UREX '82

An air-to-air overhead view of a 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft refueling as seen from the boom operator's station aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

Ground crewmen, in chemical warfare gear, prepare to load Mark 82 bombs onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Exercise UREX '82

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