AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker into an E-3 Sentry AWACS receptacle during an aerial refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. A1C Howard, a boom operator with the 349th Air Refueling Squadron, deployed with about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Airman 1st Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker into an E-3 Sentry AWACS receptacle during an aerial refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. A1C Howard, a boom operator with the 349th Air Refueling Squadron, deployed with about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the Balkan region.
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE
Country: Adriatic Sea
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Kenneth Fidler, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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