When not working on their assigned KC-135R Stratotanker jets, crew chiefs of the 92nd Aircraft Generation Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington man flight line bunkers with their M-16 rifles to protect against "enemy" attack. They are participating in Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment and practice their jobs under wartime scenarios and conditions
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: SSGT. Lance Cheung
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
26/07/1995
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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