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1LT Mark Morris, left, and MAJ Thomas Waddel, both navigators with the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, evaluate the performance of student pilots MAJ Richard Davis and CPT Chris Hofstad as the trainees fly a mission over Texas in a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

1LT Mark Morris, a navigator with the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, evaluates the performance of student pilots MAJ Richard Davis and CPT Chris Hofstad as the trainees fly a mission over Texas in a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

MAJ Thomas Waddel, navigator, 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, charts the position of a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft as it flies over Texas

Air crew members from the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron adjust the flight controls of a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft during a training mission

MAJ Mike Swigert, pilot, 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, preflights the cockpit of an RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

Navigators from the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Sqaudron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, preflight their section of an RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

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CPT Tim Green (leather coat) and another navigator, 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, preflight their section of an RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

An in-flight overhead view of an RC-135W Stratolifter advanced airborne command post aircraft (AABNCP) of the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing.

MAJ Richard Davis, left, and CPT Chris Hofstad, student pilots, fly a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft over Texas during a training mission. Both men are members of the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

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