A close-up view of the nose portion of aircraft number 23533 as ground crews prepare the last of twelve KC-135R Stratotankers for departure to its new home at MacDill AFB, Florida. Having recognized that tanker units in the Southeastern United States were being tasked much heavier than their Northwestern counterparts, the 1995 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided that all of Malmstrom's air refuelers would be transferred to MacDill AFB
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Malstrom Air Force Base
State: Montana (MT)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN John A. Turner,Jr.
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
30/09/1996
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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