Over the South Pacific a US Air Force (USAF) Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, 941st AWACS prepares to make contact with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 909th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Okinawa. The aircraft are participating in the joint Exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint exercise conducted in the Marianas Islands to include Guam and Tinian. The exercise is a joint endeavor to include forces from the US, Canada, and Australia
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: US Naval Forces, Marianas
State: Guam (GU)
Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
25/04/2003
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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