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STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jarrod Williams, Crew CHIEF with the 100th Maintenance Squadron (MS), 100th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, works on a KC-135R Stratotanker at Borgas International Airport, Bulgaria, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Brandon Suber, 100th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), replaces a main engine control unit on a KC-135R Stratotanker at Borgas International Airport, Bulgaria, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jarrod Williams from the 100th Maintenance Squadron (MS), prepares to off-load maintenance equipment arriving at Borgas International Airport, Bulgaria, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), takes-off at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG)

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bret Olson, a Crew CHIEF with the 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Wisconsin Air National Guard (ANG) performs preventative maintenance on a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Scariano, with the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), stows a cargo loading strut under a KC-135R Stratotanker

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Henri Marks, from the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS), at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), uses a warehouse tug to pull a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft engine off the bed of a trailer

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Greg Reed, a pilot assigned to the 351st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), man the co-pilots's position aboard a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, while flying through the fog shrouded pattern at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (GRB)

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bret Olson, a Crew CHIEF with the 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Wisconsin Air National Guard (ANG) performs preventative maintenance on a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Buddy J. Gerhardt, assigned to the 100th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, replaces a boom nozzle light on a deployed KC-135R Stratotanker at Borgas International Airport, Bulgaria, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Borgas International Airport

Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Blake R. Borsic, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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