Parked on the flightline are 12 KC-135R Stratotankers from the 380th Air Refueling Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY. They are here in support of 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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