Above white clouds an F-16 "Fighting Falcon" from the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho is being refueled, while another waits on the wing, by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The aircraft are participating in the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE
Base: Malstrom Air Force Base
State: Montana (MT)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Raymond T. Conway
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
25/07/1995
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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