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Civilian technicians examine the boom operator's control panel in a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft after the installation of a new night illuminator system. The system, currently being evaluated by the 4950th Test Wing, is designed to provide improved nighttime aerial refueling capabilities

Civilian technicians examine the boom operator's control panel in a KC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Thomas Richards Release Status: ... More

A female boom operator from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, operates the refueling boom controls of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during an aerial refueling mission

A female boom operator from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. David N. Craft Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft taken from the boom operator's station of KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. The F-15 is assigned to the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan

An air-to-air view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft taken from the boom opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. David N. Craft Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft of the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, as it refuels an F-4E Pantom II aircraft during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135E Stratotanker airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lono Kollars Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II approaches for refueling during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Dave Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10A Extender aircraft as an F-15 Eagle aircraft moves into position for refueling during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86. An F-4 Phantom II aircraft flies below

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10A Extender aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Rosie Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

STAFF SGT. Bill Ward, the boom operator aboard a 77th Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft, mans his station during the refueling of a second Extender aircraft. The aircraft are on a training flight out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C

STAFF SGT. Bill Ward, the boom operator aboard a 77th Aerial Refueling...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Hans H. Deffner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A view from the boom operator's station of an Alaska Tanker Task Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft which is refueling an F-15 Eagle aircraft. The Eagles need tanker support when they escort Soviet bombers from the Alaskan coast

A view from the boom operator's station of an Alaska Tanker Task Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Abel Saenz, wearing the flight suit, a boom operator with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, helps members of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron load a pallet into the cargo bay of a KC-10A Extender aircraft. The aircraft is being loaded for a Military Airlift Command channel cargo mission

SENIOR AIRMAN Abel Saenz, wearing the flight suit, a boom operator wit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Wallman, boom operator, KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, 931st Air Refueling Group (ARG), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), McConnell Air Force Base (AFB), Kansas (KS), waits while his aircraft in flight on a refueling mission during the aerial refueling competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Wallman, boom opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Billy Johnson, USAF Release St... More

A KC-135 boom operator completes his aerial refueling checks during a mission over foreign skies in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. This image was shot through a Starlight System

A KC-135 boom operator completes his aerial refueling checks during a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

The view over the shoulder of a boom operator with the 351st Air Refueling Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom, looking to the rear of the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker on 31 Mar 99. The receiver is an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany. It is armed with AIM-120C missiles for self protection and Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

The view over the shoulder of a boom operator with the 351st Air Refue...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin Release Sta... More

The nose section of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, is seen from the KC-10 Extender, Boom Operator's window, during a refueling mission for INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE 3B

The nose section of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, from Charleston...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE 3B Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Steven Cabrera, USAF Release... More

CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Jim Monaco, USAF, KC-135 boom operator, 141st Air Refueling Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, prepares to make contact with an F-16C Fighting Falcon to refuel it over Eastern Turkey as part of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Jim Monaco, USAF, KC-135 boom operator, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Task Force - ONW Sce... More

In the night sky the crew of the C-17 Globemaster III, 62nd Air Wing (AW), McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), lights up the fuel intake port as they close in on a KC-135 Stratotanker, 157th Air Reserve Wing (ARW), Pease Air National Guard Base (ANGB), New Hampshire (NH). The boom operator of the Stratotanker will lineup and connect the boom to pass 60 thousand pounds of JP8 fuel to the Globemaster during this Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

In the night sky the crew of the C-17 Globemaster III, 62nd Air Wing (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dawn Finniss, USAF Release Status: Released... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Anthony Bartolomeo, Boom Operator aboard a KC-10 Extender aircraft, assigned to the 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), attached to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, delivers fuel to a US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105), during a refueling mission flown in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Anthony Bartolomeo,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Ahlschwede, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Creston Saul, a boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, prepares for a mid-air refueling exercise in the tail section window of his aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Creston Saul, a boom oper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocelyn Rich, USAF Release Statu... More

Illinois Air National Guar (ILANG) Major (MAJ) Ralph DeLatour (left), Aircraft Commaner, an ILANG Captain (CPT) Nick Babiak, co-Pilot, an ILANG SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Matt Glover, Boom Operator, navigate their ILANG KC-135E Stratotanker on a refueling mission over Alaska (AK) uring Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. The crew an aircraft are from the 108th Air Refueling Squaron (ARS), 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Scott AFB, Illinois (IL). The Stratotanker's principal mission is air refueling proviing support to US Air Force (USAF), US Navy (USN) an US Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft as well as those of allie nations. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise (JTX)...

Illinois Air National Guar (ILANG) Major (MAJ) Ralph DeLatour (left), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) Major (MAJ) Ralph DeLatour (left), Aircraft Commander, and ILANG Captain (CPT) Nick Babiak, ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Reserve (AFRES) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brady, Boom Operator, KC-10A Extender aerial refueling aircraft, 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), moves to the front of his aircraft after refueling a USAF 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft while flying a training mission from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations...

US Air Force (USAF) Reserve (AFRES) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brady, Boo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) Reserve (AFRES) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brady, Boom Operator, KC-10A Extender aerial refueling aircraft, 76t... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Denim Beeler, 19th Air Refueling Group, 99th Air Refueling Squadron, Robins AFB, Ga., Boom Operator, relays take off information to the Air Mobility Command Center through a Satelite Communications Radio on a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler aircraft, on Oct. 20, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Bradley A. Lail) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Denim Beeler, 19th Air Refueling Group, 99th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: AMN Bradley A. Lail Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Major Richard Mooney (left), a flight doctor with the 354th Medical Operations Squadron, watches as MAJ. Bryan White (left seat), and 1ST LT. Ben Jones (right seat), consult with MAJ. Douglas Bradbury (right), and SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Binkley (center), a boom operator, during a pre-flight check in the cockpit of their KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Feb 10, 2005. The crew members are from the 168th Air Refueling Wing, Alaska Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Strang) (Released)

Major Richard Mooney (left), a flight doctor with the 354th Medical Op...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status:... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Wilson, 56th

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Wilson, 56th

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Wilson, 56th Aerial Refueling Squadron superintendent, briefs about the qualification process of becoming a KC-46 Pegasus boom instructor, April 25, 2019, at Altus Air Fo... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samantha Shelton, 351st Air

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samantha Shelton, 351st Air

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samantha Shelton, 351st Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, refuels an MC-130J Commando II from the 352d Special Operations Wing over the Black Sea, July 22, 2020. The KC-135 Stratot... More

Airman 1st Class James Shaffer (right), KC-135 Stratotanker

Airman 1st Class James Shaffer (right), KC-135 Stratotanker

Airman 1st Class James Shaffer (right), KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator deployed to the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing in the European theater of operations, prepares to refuel F-16 Fighting Falcons on Oct. 31,... More

An F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a 100th Air

An F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a 100th Air

An F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker over the Atlantic Ocean April 15, 2017. The F-35As are conducting their first overseas deployment during which they will c... More

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II approaches to

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II approaches to

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II approaches to receive in-flight fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel over Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2018. The A-10 Thunderb... More

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students from

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students from

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students from Central York High School, Pa, listen as Tech Sgt. John McAlister, 459th Air Refueling Wing safety office, explains the boom operators mission on a KC-135 Stra... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender moves in to be refueled

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender moves in to be refueled

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender moves in to be refueled by another KC-10, both crewed by members of the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, over the Atlantic Ocean July 15, 2017. The KC-10 is ... More

Tech. Sgt. Michael Weidman, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom

Tech. Sgt. Michael Weidman, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom

Tech. Sgt. Michael Weidman, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepares to take off in a KC-135 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. ... More

A U.S. Air Force two-ship of F-16 Fighting Falcons

A U.S. Air Force two-ship of F-16 Fighting Falcons

A U.S. Air Force two-ship of F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 79th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C., fly alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker April 25, after refueling during Green Flag West 11-6. Conducted by the 549... More

A USAF RC-135V/W Rivet Joint disconnects from a USAF

A USAF RC-135V/W Rivet Joint disconnects from a USAF

A USAF RC-135V/W Rivet Joint disconnects from a USAF KC-10 Extender after receiving fuel near Iraq on Dec. 5, 2016. The RC-135 fleet has been present in every sizeable U.S. conflict since the Vietnam War. It co... More

A B-52 Stratofortress waits to approach a 908th

A B-52 Stratofortress waits to approach a 908th

A B-52 Stratofortress waits to approach a 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-10 Extender for refueling over Syria, Aug. 8, 2017. In a conventional conflict, the B-52 can perform strategic attack, clo... More

A B-1B Lancer is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker

A B-1B Lancer is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker

A B-1B Lancer is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, during an aerial refueling training mission over South Dakota, Sept. 23, 2014. The KC-135 also provides aeria... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron Detachment 1 during a refueling mission over Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2018.... More

A U.S. Navy E/A-18 Growler conducts aerial refueling

A U.S. Navy E/A-18 Growler conducts aerial refueling

A U.S. Navy E/A-18 Growler conducts aerial refueling operations with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron over Iraq, Nov. 1, 2017. The E/A-18 Growler is capable of supportin... More

A B-1 Lancer bomber from the 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth

A B-1 Lancer bomber from the 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth

A B-1 Lancer bomber from the 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., flies off the wing of a 151st Air Refueling Wing KC-135 during contact training, April 10, in western Wyoming. The 151st ARW rout... More

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet receives fuel from

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet receives fuel from

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet receives fuel from a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Oct. 14, 2017. The F/A-1... More

A U.S. Air Force boom operator assigned to the 28th

A U.S. Air Force boom operator assigned to the 28th

A U.S. Air Force boom operator assigned to the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron performs his post air refueling checklist onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission in support of ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives in-flight

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives in-flight

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives in-flight fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during an aerial refueling mission in support of Operation Inhe... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Arriel Bromley, boom operator

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Arriel Bromley, boom operator

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Arriel Bromley, boom operator with the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., poses for a portrait at Naval Air Station Cecil Fie... More

Top view of a Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft being refueled in flight by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during exercise Kangaroo '81, as seen from the refueling boom operator's position

Top view of a Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft being refueled...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '81 Base: Raaf Amberley State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Curt Eddings Releas... More

A KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling boom operator of the 9th Air Refueling Squadron refuels an F-4 Phantom II aircraft during Theater Force Employment Exercise IV

A KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling boom operator of the 9th Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THEATER FORCE EMPLOYMENT IV Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Schading Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A view from the boom operator's station aboard a 380th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111 aircraft takes on fuel

A view from the boom operator's station aboard a 380th Air Refueling S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: English Channel Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SSGT Donald Anderson, boom operator for emergency refueling operations, stands by prior to a flight in an EC-135 Stratolifter aircraft code-named Looking Glass. The aircraft acts as the backup command and control post for the Strategic Air Command's (SAC) underground command center. Its crew would assume all functions in the event that SAC's underground center was destroyed by enemy attack. Three Looking Glass sorties are flown daily by the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron (ACCS) and the 4th ACCS

SSGT Donald Anderson, boom operator for emergency refueling operations...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air front view of an F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft of the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron as seen from the boom operator's station of a KC-10 Extender aircraft

An air-to-air front view of an F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft of the 336t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Hans H. Deffner Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Shortly before Malmstrom AFB's final remaining KC-135R Stratotanker is launched from the flightline for the last time, AIRMAN 1ST Class Luis Gonzalez, a boom operator with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, computes the weight and ballast of the aircraft throughout the flight to its new assignment at MacDill AFB, Florida. Once there, the 91st Air Refueling Squadron and its twelve tankers will become part of the 6th Air Refueling Wing

Shortly before Malmstrom AFB's final remaining KC-135R Stratotanker is...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN John A. Turner,Jr. Rele... More

A boom operator's helmet and mask sit ready while he and his tanker refuel thirsty fighters and strike aircraft (boom operator, tanker, fighters and strike aircraft not shown) during the first night of NATO Operation Allied Force

A boom operator's helmet and mask sit ready while he and his tanker re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Straight on, medium aerial shot, out the boom operator's window on a KC-135, as a flight of four US Air Force F-16s follow along behind. F-16s, from 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, are being escorted to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida due to the temporary closer of Aviano's airfield

Straight on, medium aerial shot, out the boom operator's window on a K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mona Franklin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The nose section of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, is seen from the KC-10 Extender, Boom Operator's window, during a refueling mission for INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE 3B

The nose section of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, from Charleston...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE 3B Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Steven Cabrera, USAF Release... More

Viewed through the green glow of a night scope, STAFF Sergeant Max Morkin, a boom operator from the 319th Air Refueling Squadron, 319th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), uses the dim red nightlights to finalize his refueling checklist, prior to a night aerial refueling of an E-C3 (AWACS). The 319th AEG deployed to a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, which is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Viewed through the green glow of a night scope, STAFF Sergeant Max Mor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status... More

During some of the first daytime air strikes on Afghanistan, STAFF Sergeant Brian Holbrook, a boom operator with the 319th Air Expeditionary Group, lowers the boom for an approaching USMC F/A-18C Hornet, from the "Mighty Shrikes" (VFA-94), during an aerial refueling mission. The Hornet is from the carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The 319th AEG is deployed to a classified location to provide air-to-air refueling in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

During some of the first daytime air strikes on Afghanistan, STAFF Ser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris M. Meinken, Boom Operator, 108th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), prepares to refuel a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft, as it approaches the extended refueling arm of a USAF KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft, during Exercise COPE TIGER '02. Cope Tiger is an annual, multi-national exercise in the Asia-Pacific region which promotes closer relations and enables air force units in the region to sharpen air combat skills and practice interoperability with US Forces

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris M. Meinken, Boom O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE TIGER '02 Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James E. Lotz, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris M. Meinken, Boom Operator, 108th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), prepares an Air Force form 781 before preparing for a mission in support of Exercise COPE TIGER '02 at Wing 1 Air Base Korat AB, Thailand. Cope Tiger is an annual, multi-national exercise in the Asia-Pacific region which promotes closer relations and enables air force units in the region to sharpen air combat skills and practice interoperability with US Forces

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris M. Meinken, Boom O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE TIGER '02 Base: Korat Air Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James E. Lotz, USAF Release Status: ... More

United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle L. Buck, a Boom Operator aboard a KC-10 Extender with the 79th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), refuels a B-52H Stratofortress bomber returning from a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle L. Buck,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Greg Kobashigawa, USAF Release ... More

Santa's helper, also known as US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason, a boom operator with the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), fuels an F-15C Eagle from a KC-10A Extender tanker on Christmas Day, in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE

Santa's helper, also known as US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command ... More

The crew of the US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 401st Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), "Blue 54", USAF Captain (CAPT) Anne-Christine Gaddis (left), Aircraft Commander, First Lieutenant (1LT) Scott Russel, Co-Pilot, and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rodney Cline (right), Boom Operator, 319th Air Refueling Wing, Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), go over their aircraft's maintenance records prior to a refueling mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The crew of the US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 401st Air Ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Mark Bucher, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord,

A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord,

A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., approaches a 151st Air Refueling Wing KC-135 to training on boom connecting during a training mission June 28 over Idaho. The 151st ARW routinely sup... More

An F-22 Raptor refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker from

An F-22 Raptor refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker from

An F-22 Raptor refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during Exercise Northern Edge, June 26, 2015. Northern Edge 2015 is Alaska’s joint training exercise designed to practice ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a refueling mission above Iraq March 16, 2018. The 340th EARS is assigned to the 37... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle flies in support of Combined

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle flies in support of Combined

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle flies in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve Feb. 11, 2019. The tactical fighters are deployed to the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility to ... More

100th ARW supports Point Blank

100th ARW supports Point Blank

A Royal Air Force Typhoon from RAF Coningsby, England, is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, during exercise Point Blank off the English coast, Jan. 30... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Paul A. Perez engineer,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Paul A. Perez engineer,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Paul A. Perez engineer, 78th Air Refueling Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, performs pre-flight paperwork for a KC-10 Extender at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., prior to ... More

A U.S Air Force KC-135 boom operator assigned to the

A U.S Air Force KC-135 boom operator assigned to the

A U.S Air Force KC-135 boom operator assigned to the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron performs a pre flight check of the boom controls before a aerial refueling mission to refuel aircraft over Iraq, Se... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle maneuvers into

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle maneuvers into

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle maneuvers into position to receive fueled from a KC-135 Stratotanker as a part of Joint Air Defense Exercise 19-01, Feb. 19, 2019. The aircraft participated with regional par... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Uriel Escamilla with the

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Uriel Escamilla with the

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Uriel Escamilla with the 6th, Air Refueling Squadron, Travis Air Force Base Calif., explains his duties to Col. John Klein, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, during the Works with Airm... More

A F-22 Raptor pilot from the 199th Fighter Squadron

A F-22 Raptor pilot from the 199th Fighter Squadron

A F-22 Raptor pilot from the 199th Fighter Squadron and a dedicated crew chief from prepare for flight during the first day of Sentry Aloha 19-2 Aug. 21, 2019, at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The... More

Staff Sgt. Ashton Phillips, 138th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Ashton Phillips, 138th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Ashton Phillips, 138th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, prepares an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a combat sortie during exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2 Aug. 23, 2019, at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-H... More

First Lt. Kevin Mook, a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

First Lt. Kevin Mook, a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

First Lt. Kevin Mook, a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, flies during a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission over Iraq Dec. 9, 2016. The KC-135 pro... More

A Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor takes off at

A Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor takes off at

A Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor takes off at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 21, 2019 during fighter exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2. The longstanding exercise is held on a routine basis to prov... More

A U.S. Air Force boom operator from the 28th Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force boom operator from the 28th Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force boom operator from the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron loads crew bags into a KC-135 Stratotanker at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 29, 2019. The extra luggage was part of... More

A Royal Australian Air Force air refueling operator

A Royal Australian Air Force air refueling operator

A Royal Australian Air Force air refueling operator conducts an in-flight refueling of a U.S. F-22 Raptor inside a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport in the in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, N... More

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, wait to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, ... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 388th Fighter Wing,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 388th Fighter Wing,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 388th Fighter Wing, Hill Air Force base, Utah, receives fuel from a 151st Air Refueling Wing KC-135 during a training mission Feb. 9 near Wendover, Utah. The 151st ARW routinely... More

KC-135 Stratotanker pilots Lt. Col. Drew McDowell (left),

KC-135 Stratotanker pilots Lt. Col. Drew McDowell (left),

KC-135 Stratotanker pilots Lt. Col. Drew McDowell (left), 1st Lt. CJ Healey (right), and boom operator Master Sgt. Sean Price (right, foreground) conduct pre-takeoff checks prior to a refueling mission over Ida... More

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attaches to the

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attaches to the

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attaches to the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker and receives fuel during a mission in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel over Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2018. The A-10 Thunderb... More

Utah Air National Guard Master Sgt Sean Price, KC-135

Utah Air National Guard Master Sgt Sean Price, KC-135

Utah Air National Guard Master Sgt Sean Price, KC-135 boom operator, lines up the flying boom to refuel a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster, 21 September, 2020. KC-135 Stratotanker boom operators go through four ... More

An Idaho Air National Guard Fairchild Republic A-10

An Idaho Air National Guard Fairchild Republic A-10

An Idaho Air National Guard Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 124th Fighter Wing flies alongside a KC-135R Stratotanker after completing aerial refueling over Idaho, Dec. 10, 2020. The A-10 curren... More

Staff Sgt. William T. Pelkofer, a boom operator with

Staff Sgt. William T. Pelkofer, a boom operator with

Staff Sgt. William T. Pelkofer, a boom operator with the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, flies the boom during a training mission with an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Syst... More

The boom operator keeps an eye on the boom of this KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron, as a California Air National Guard F-106A Delta Dart aircraft prepares to refuel

The boom operator keeps an eye on the boom of this KC-135 Stratotanker...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Santa Cruz State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Raymond Downward Release Status: Released ... More

Boom operator's view of a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft refueling a 384th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. (SUBSTANDARD IMAGE)

Boom operator's view of a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft refueling a 38...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland, Usaf Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10 Extender aircraft as the tanker refuels an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10 Extender aircraft a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Rosie Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10A Extender aircraft as an F-4E Phantom II aircraft moves into position for refueling during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10A Extender aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Rosie Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10 Extender aircraft as an F-4A Tomcat aircraft moves into position for refueling during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10 Extender aircraft a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Rosie Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10A Extender aircraft as it refuels an F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10A Extender aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Southern California State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

Thad Woodard, president, North Carolina League of Savings Institutions; Troy Pate, president of the Goldsboro, N.C. Military Affairs Committee and SGT Thomas C. Polk, a KC-10A Extender aircraft boom operator with the 911th Aerial Refueling Squadron, prepare to watch refueling operations through the boom operator's window. The men are en route to Long Beach, CA for the ceremony during which the 68th Aerial Refueling Wing will receive its twentieth and final KC-10A, dubbed "Spirit of Kitty Hawk", the final KC-10A to be delivered to the Air Force

Thad Woodard, president, North Carolina League of Savings Institutions...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT H.H. Deffner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A boom operator on board a KC-10 from Barksdale AFB, LA, observes the refueling of a US Air Force F-4 from the 561st Fighter Wing, Nellis AFB, NV, during the operation.(Exact date unknown)

A boom operator on board a KC-10 from Barksdale AFB, LA, observes the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Base: Moron Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Brett K. Snow Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Aerial shot through a Starlight System out a KC-135 boom operator's window at the right wing of an F-15E Eagle as it refuels (actual refueling not shown). Only visible in the frame are a AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles attached under the right wing near the fuel pod. This refueling mission over foreign skies is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

Aerial shot through a Starlight System out a KC-135 boom operator's wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A KC-135 boom operator goes over fuel calculations during a mission on April 2, 1999, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A KC-135 boom operator goes over fuel calculations during a mission on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Boom operator US Air Force Technical Sergeant Robert Henson passes fuel from his 319th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. This image was used in the December 1999 AIRMAN Magazine article "Paradise on the Plains,". The story lists major reasons for accepting an assignment to the frequently misrepresented Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota

Boom operator US Air Force Technical Sergeant Robert Henson passes fue...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lono Kollars, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

STAFF Sergeant Brian Holbrook, a boom operator with the 319th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), calculates the weight and balance of a KC-135R Stratotanker prior to takeoff on an aerial refueling mission. The 319th AEG is deployed to a classified location providing aerial refueling support for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

STAFF Sergeant Brian Holbrook, a boom operator with the 319th Air Expe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

One of the tools of his trade, STAFF Sergeant Brian Holbrook, a boom operator with the 319th Air Expeditionary Group, uses a pocket computer to calculate the weight and balance of a KC-135 prior to takeoff for an aerial refueling mission. The 319th AEG deployed to a classified location providing aerial refueling support for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

One of the tools of his trade, STAFF Sergeant Brian Holbrook, a boom o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Boom Operator, Captain (CAPT) pilot (center) and First Lieutenant (1LT) co-pilot (right), stop for a photo after flying an all female aerial refueling mission together over the Black Sea

A SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Boom Operator, Captain (CAPT) pilot (center) and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Borgas International Airport Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Came... More

This is the first African-American flight crew from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott AFB, Illinois, to fly a mission together. This Illinois Air National Guard (IANG) crew flew a KC-135E Stratotanker (Spirit of Harry Caray) to transport IANG members to Savannah, Georgia. From left to right: Captain (CAPT) Ralph Delatour, USAF, Co-Pilot, CAPT Jerome Cole, USAF, Pilot, SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Maurice Bridges, USAF, Crewchief, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Arie Latimer, USAF, Boom Operator, and MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Steve Butler, USAF, Boom Operator

This is the first African-American flight crew from the 126th Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Franklin D. Hayes Jr., USAF Releas... More

United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle L. Buck, a Boom Operator aboard a KC-10 Extender from the 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California, briefs Air Force News Agency, Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Dendy on the Quick Don Oxygen Mask, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle L. Buck,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Geoff Davis, Pilot, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), verifies information via intercom with the boom operator in the rear during a mission over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Geoff Davis, Pilot, 340th Expeditionar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry Jr., USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Chardo Richardson (left), Boom Operator, 32nd Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), and Al Leiter, Pitcher, New York Mets, are interviewed by media before a game with the Cincinnati Reds. USAF SRA Richardson is at Shea Stadium, New York City (NYC) for the second part of a job swap with Leiter. The Mets pitcher was a boom operator for a day at McGuire AFB on May 24th

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Chardo Richardson (left), Boom...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, CIV, USA Release Status:... More

Tanker Tuesday - A man sitting in the cockpit of a plane looking out the window

Tanker Tuesday - A man sitting in the cockpit of a plane looking out t...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Max Morkin, 100th Operations Support Squadron boom operator from Traverse City, Mich., transfers fuel in-flight from a KC-135 Stratotanker from RAF Mildenhall, England to an F-16AM ai... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron conducts a walk-around inspection of the aircraft on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 5, 2018. Pilots perform t... More

Master Sgt. Jennifer Bowen, standing back left, 108th

Master Sgt. Jennifer Bowen, standing back left, 108th

Master Sgt. Jennifer Bowen, standing back left, 108th Wing boom operator, New Jersey Air National Guard, instructs Cadet Herbert Williams, seated front, Detachment 750, Air Force ROTC, St. Joseph's University, ... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot prepares for takeoff in support of a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Dec. 7, 201... More

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