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Pilots from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing are aboard a vehicle to be transported to a parked SR-71 Blackbird aircraft. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

A view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in flight. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

A view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, taking off. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

A view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, taking off. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

A view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in flight. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

A view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in flight. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

Front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, taxiing out of a hangar. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

Front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft as airmen assist a pilot debarking the aircraft. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, was refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

Pilots from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing sit in the cockpit of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft prior to flight. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft while in flight during testing

Pilots, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, are being transported to a parked SR-71 Blackbird aircraft. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Beale Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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pilots strategic reconnaissance strategic reconnaissance sr blackbird aircraft blackbird aircraft extender extender aircraft california in flight kc 10 extender sr 71 blackbird staff sergeant high resolution sr 71 blackbird aircraft kc 10 extender aircraft beale air force base ssgt bill thompson us air force usaf air force base us national archives
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Date

02/08/1981
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Location

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The U.S. National Archives
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https://catalog.archives.gov/
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label_outline Explore Sr 71 Blackbird Aircraft, Blackbird Aircraft, Strategic Reconnaissance

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).

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Airmen from 2nd Maintenance Group use an air manifold

Airmen assist LTC Bob Crowder, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, put on his high-pressure suit. LTC Crowder will fly an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft which will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

The boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft

An air-to-air front view of an SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft known as the "Blackbird."

SSGT Steve Rasmussen, left, and TSGT Chuck Christie, both electronic maintenance technicians with the 6949th Electronic Security Squadron, monitor equipment at a systems maintenance station aboard a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by

Airmen assist pilots aboard an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

A view of a name imprinter used in the microfiche system of the Micrographics Systems Branch of the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center. The Micrographics Systems Branch uses a microfiche system to maintain the personnel records of all active-duty officers and enlisted members of the Air Force

Air to air view right side, high, view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

SSGT Al Horton, Personnel Service Division, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, and MAJ Cliff Cunningham, chief of training for PSD, demonstrate the life support system

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pilots strategic reconnaissance strategic reconnaissance sr blackbird aircraft blackbird aircraft extender extender aircraft california in flight kc 10 extender sr 71 blackbird staff sergeant high resolution sr 71 blackbird aircraft kc 10 extender aircraft beale air force base ssgt bill thompson us air force usaf air force base us national archives