On the flightline, TECH.SGT. Henry G. Houle a POL (petroleum, oil and lubricants) specialists with the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), headquartered at Plattsburgh AFB, NY, prepares to refuel a KC-135R Stratotanker during Operation Restore Hope II. The primary mission of the 380th ARW (Deployed) is to provide air refueling support over the Atlantic to in-bound (going into Mogadishu, Somalia) and homeward-bound C-5 aircraft, which are ferrying supplies, troops and equipment. A total of 332 personnel and 12 KC-135R Stratotankers (from Plattsburgh, Griffiss AFB, NY, and Loring AFB, Maine) are deployed to Moron.(Exact date unknown)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE II
Base: Moron Air Base
State: Sevilla
Country: Spain (ESP)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Theodore J. Koniares
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/10/1993
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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