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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

The boom operator watches from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an F-15 Eagle aircraft lines up for refueling during Operation Desert Shield

The boom operator watches from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an F-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Marvin Lynchard Release Status: Released to Publi... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason D. Patton (not pictured), a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, refuels a C-5 aircraft, from the 22nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), Travis AFB, CA, as it heads to Cairo West (a U.S. staging base in Egypt) 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) ...

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason D. Patton (not pictured), a KC-135R Stratotanker b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Senior Airman Jason D. Patton (not pictured), a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310... More

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 Marine Corps (USMC) Jamie Garrido Heavy Equipment Operator, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion, 1ST Marine division, operates a Skytrak 10,000-pound capacity extended boom forklift at Matilda, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Jamie Garrido Heavy Equipment Operator, 1ST Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher G. Graham, USMC Release Status:... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Nicole Canada, a Boom Operator onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, from the 376th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), peers through the refueling windshield, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Nicole Canada, a Boom Opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF Release ... 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

MASTER SGT. Steve Butler, a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft boom operator from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, refuels a B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomber Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, over the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

MASTER SGT. Steve Butler, a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft boom o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An joint agency team of U.S. Army and New Mexico’s

An joint agency team of U.S. Army and New Mexico’s

An joint agency team of U.S. Army and New Mexico’s Los Alamos Bomb Squad attends an explosive ordnance disposal class during the 2017 Ravens Challenge EOD competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Aug. 3, 2017. Rav... More

A view from the boom operator's position of a B-1 aircraft, in its new camouflaged paint scheme, being refueled by a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft

A view from the boom operator's position of a B-1 aircraft, in its new...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul J. Harrington Release Sta... More

An air-to-air top view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, from the boom operator's section of a KC-10A Extender aircraft, after release from the tanker aircraft over mountains

An air-to-air top view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, from the boom ...

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

Front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in-flight during testing. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is seen from the refueling boom operator's section

Front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft in-flight during testing. Th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Ranzeno Oates Release Stat... More

An overhead front view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft being refueled by a KC-10A Extender aircraft as seen from the boom operator's position

An overhead front view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft being refuel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mcdonnell Douglas Corp. Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An in-flight view from the boom operator's window of the refueling connection of a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft refueling a KC-135R Stratotanker

An in-flight view from the boom operator's window of the refueling con...

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

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing approaches for in-flight refueling during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Perez Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

TECH SGT. Sze Tom, boom operator with the 19th Air Refueling Wing, operates the controls of the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a training mission

TECH SGT. Sze Tom, boom operator with the 19th Air Refueling Wing, ope...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release St... More

A boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft mans the controls as a 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4 Phantom II aircraft is refueled in flight during Exercise COPE MAX 85

A boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft mans the controls as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE MAX 85 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ferguson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft as an F-4E Phantom II aircraft from the 86th Tactical Fighter Wing refuels in flight. The 191st Air Refueling Squadron Stratotanker and its Utah Air National Guard crew are providing NATO with air tanker support under the Air Force Total Force program. This program includes Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units in active duty Air Force operations

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft watches the approach of an aircraft coming in to refuel while on a training flight during Operation Desert Shield

The boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft watches the approa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

The boom operator of a 71st Air Refueling Squadron KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft watches through the refueling station window as a 596th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft approaches to take on fuel. Both aircraft are participating in Proud Shield '92, a Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

The boom operator of a 71st Air Refueling Squadron KC-135A Stratotanke...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Stewart Release Status:... More

An F-16 Falcon with the refueling boom attached, can be seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-10. MASTER SGT. Robert Morales, 709th Air Refueling Squadron is the boom operator. The F-16 is returning from a bombing run. Visible under the wings (left to right) is an AMI pod for training, a SUE rack, two fuel tanks, a TUR rack and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

An F-16 Falcon with the refueling boom attached, can be seen through t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Came... More

An F-15D Eagle piloted by Major Jim Shaw from the 67th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker piloted by Major James Seaward, Lieutenant David Eisenbrey, (copilot), CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Gregory Durand, (boom operator), Technical Sergeant David Steiner, (boom operator), and Colonel William Kunzweiller, (18th Operations Group Deputy Commander) from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during a training mission over the Pacific Ocean near Okinawa, Japan. Both aircraft are assigned to the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan

An F-15D Eagle piloted by Major Jim Shaw from the 67th Fighter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pacific Ocean State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Marvin Krause, USAF Release Stat... More

On the flightdeck of the KC-135, AIRMAN First Class Katherine B. Shoemake, USAF, boom operator, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, performs a quick inspection on her oxygen mask, to her left, to ensure she has proper flow before taking off for a training mission. The mask at the upper right is an in flight emergency quick don oxygen mask

On the flightdeck of the KC-135, AIRMAN First Class Katherine B. Shoem...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Rasheen A. Douglas, USAF Relea... More

With the boom down awaiting the next aircraft, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Paul Jacobs, a boom operator with the 319th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), is reflected on the window as he goes over his checklist prior to an early morning aerial refueling mission. SSGT Jacobs is assigned to the 319th AEG deployed to a classified location providing aerial refueling support for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

With the boom down awaiting the next aircraft, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) P...

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), gives a briefing to USAF AIRMAN First Class (AIC) Brandon S. Healy, before 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 Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

Light enhanced, fisheye lens view, showing US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Patrick Bennett, Boom Operator aboard a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 96th Air Refueling Squadron, as he refuels a USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft, patrolling the no-fly-zone near Southern Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

Light enhanced, fisheye lens view, showing US Air Force (USAF) Technic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rafael Him, Boom Operator, 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), man his position aboard a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, as a USAF E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft refuels during a mission flown over Northern Iraq, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rafael Him, Boom Operator, 9...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Anna Hayman, USAF Release St... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) STAFF Sergeant Dan Smith (left) and USAF (SSGT) Rafael Him, both Boom Operator aboard a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), completes preflight procedures at their station onboard the aircraft, before departing on a refueling mission in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) STAFF Sergeant Dan Smith (l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Anna Hayman, USAF Release St... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Jamie Garrido Heavy Equipment Operator, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion, 1ST Marine division, uses a Skytrak 10,000-pound capacity extended boom forklift to transport small Container Express (CONEX) boxes at Matilda, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Jamie Garrido Heavy Equipment Operator, 1ST Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher G. Graham, USMC Release Status:... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bruce Klima, with the 304th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, checks the profile of upcoming jets during a refueling mission, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bruce Klima, with the 304th Ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry, Jr., USAF Rele... More

The reflection of a US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer aircraft is shown on the helmet shield of USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Andrew Diaz, a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft Boom Operator from the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), following a refueling mission at a forward deployed location in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQ FREEDOM

The reflection of a US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer aircraft is shown ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION ENDURING / IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shelley Gill, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Eric Vasquez, a Boom Operator aboard a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 351st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), goes through his pre-flight checklist prior to a six-and-a-half-hour long mission at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, United Kingdom. USAF crewmembers are at Fairford due to the runway closure at RAF Mildenhall

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Eric Vasquez, a Boom Oper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Ryan, 906th Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135R Stratotanker refueler tanker boom operator, controls the boom during a training mission, on Sept. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Ryan, 906th Air Refueling Squadron, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kc-135r Stratotanker Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott T. Sturkol, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. J.L. Smith, Boom Operator, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing, tightens down a strap to secure baggage before departing from RAF Mildenhall, U.K., on Oct. 20, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Franklin J. Perkins) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. J.L. Smith, Boom Operator, 351st Air Refueli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Michael Chenosky, a KC-10 Extender aircraft boom operator from the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, refuels an F-16 Fghting Falcon aircraft over the skies of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on Nov. 18, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Michael Chenosky, a KC-10 Extender air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Over Iraq Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Erik Gudmundson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Department of Homeland Security Program Manager Byung

Department of Homeland Security Program Manager Byung

Department of Homeland Security Program Manager Byung Hee Frantz shows military members one of many cost effective tools created by bomb technicians working in the field during a training class for the 2017 Rav... More

An air-to-air close-up view of the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft looking up at a tanker aircraft during refueling as seen from the tanker's boom operator position

An air-to-air close-up view of the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon ai...

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

Front view of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft being refueled by a tanker aircraft in flight, as seen from the boom operator's section

Front view of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft being refueled by a tanker aircr...

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

An air-to-air front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft being hooked up with a KC-10 Extender aircraft for refueling during testing. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is seen from the refueling boom operator's section

An air-to-air front view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft being hooked u...

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

View from the boom operator's position of an F-15A Eagle aircraft being refueled by a KC-10A Extender aircraft

View from the boom operator's position of an F-15A Eagle aircraft bein...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mcdonnell Douglas Corp. Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An air-to-air view from the boom operator's window of an FB-111 bomber being refueled

An air-to-air view from the boom operator's window of an FB-111 bomber...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Mike Harrington Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Top view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft being refueled, as seen from the boom operator's position aboard a KC-10 Extender aircraft

Top view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft being refueled, as seen from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Simons Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft approaches for in-flight refueling during exercise Cope Thunder '84-7

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. D. Perez Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft refueling from a KC-10A Extender aircraft during Exercise BRIM FROST '85, as seen from the boom operator's station

A view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft refueling from a KC-10A Extender airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

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 David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-10A Extender aircraft as an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft approaches 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-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 partial view from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft boom operator's station of an RC-135 Stratoliner aircraft of the 306th Strategic Wing being refueled in flight

A partial view from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft boom operator's st...

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

CPT Richard Berger, pilot, flies his 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron Strategic Air Command KC-10A Extender aircraft on a cargo delivery flight out of March Air Force Base, Calif. Berger is assisted by, from left: SRA Abel Saenez, refueling boom operator, MSGT Kurt Knowles, flight engineer and 1LT Mike Mathews, co-pilot.

CPT Richard Berger, pilot, flies his 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron Str...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Keith Reed Iii Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A C-141 Starlifter being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker during Rodeo 92 tanker competition. The KC-135 is from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, U.K. The boom operator is MASTER SGT. John Alvarez

A C-141 Starlifter being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker during Rode...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '92 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Clayton Izumi, a refueling boom operator aboard a 310th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, guides an OA-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron into pre-contact position during a Pacific Tanker Task Force refueling mission

SENIOR AIRMAN Clayton Izumi, a refueling boom operator aboard a 310th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South Korea Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A C-5 Galaxy from the 436th Aircraft Wing Dover AFB, Delaware is being refueled by a KC-10 from the 60th Air Mobility Wing. KC-10 boom operator, MASTER Sergeant Terry Morges is assigned to the 79th Airlift Refueling Squadron Travis AFB, California. MASTER Sergeant Morges as well as the other KC-10 crew members are Air Force Reserve

A C-5 Galaxy from the 436th Aircraft Wing Dover AFB, Delaware is being...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Conrad M. Evans Ii Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An F-16 pilot, supporting NATO operations Decisive Edge and Joint Endeavor, looks up at K-135E Boom operator, SENIOR MASTER SGT. Ed Shehart from Bangor, Maine, who is refueling his F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Adriatic Sea. SENIOR MASTER SGT. Shehart is a member of the 101st Refueling Wing, Air National Guard, Bangor, Maine, which is deployed on a 30 day rotation to Pisa, Italy. The four man crews, pilot, copilot, navigator and boom operator, will fly 5 to 10 hour missions, aboard the specially equipped KC-135s, circling a preplanned route over the Adriatic, refueling NATO fighters participating in Operation Decisive Edge and Joint Endeavor

An F-16 pilot, supporting NATO operations Decisive Edge and Joint Ende...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DECISIVE EDGEJOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: SRA Robert Stuart Release Status: Released to Public... More

An F-16 Falcon can be seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-10 as it moves to the refueling boom. The F-16 is returning from a bombing run. Visible under the wings (left to right) is an AMI pod for training, a SUE rack, fuel tank, LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared, Night) navigation pod, fuel tank, TUR rack, and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

An F-16 Falcon can be seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Came... More

Aerial view medium shot from the boom operator's window on a KC-135 from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The boom from the KC-135 is attached and refueling a USAF F-16 Falcon in flight. This is all part of an incentive flight, called Center of Influence, for local high school councilors, principals and vice principals to give them more information on the mission, opportunities and benefits of the Air National Guard

Aerial view medium shot from the boom operator's window on a KC-135 fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CENTER OF INFLUENCE Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Aerial view medium shot from the boom operator's window on a KC-135 from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. An F-16 Falcon from the 181st Fighter Wing, Springfield, Illinois, breaks away, after refueling in flight, from the KC-135. The refueling was observed by as part of an incentive flight, called Center of Influence, for local high school councilors, principals and vice principals to give them more information on the mission, opportunities and benefits of the Air National Guard. (Image framed as a portrait shot.)

Aerial view medium shot from the boom operator's window on a KC-135 fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CENTER OF INFLUENCE Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

STAFF Sergeant John S. Salazar, Utah Air National Guard, boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker, 151st Aerial Refueling Wing, Utah ANG, Salt Lake City, Utah

STAFF Sergeant John S. Salazar, Utah Air National Guard, boom operator...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Guillermo A. Galeano, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker into an E-3 Sentry AWACS receptacle during an aerial refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. A1C Howard, a boom operator with the 349th Air Refueling Squadron, deployed with about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, ...

AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Airman 1st Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker into an E-3 Sentry AWACS receptacl... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Duncan, middle, KC-10 Extender Boom Operator from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, Mcguire Air Force Base, New Jersey, refuels an F-15C EAGLE from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, while participats in a Job Retraining Fair at Langley watch. The retraining fair gave individuals considering retraining an opportunity to see options that were open to them from an operational point of view

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Duncan, middle, KC-10 Extender Boom Operator from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

As a F-15C Eagle is receiving fuel while inflight, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nerissa Carpenter, right, Records Maintenance Supervisor for the ACC/Regional Supply Squadron, asks questions of SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Duncan, KC-10 Extender Boom Operator from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, Mcguire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey. SSGT Carpenter was participating in a Job Retraining Fair at Langley AFB. The retraining fair gave individuals considering retraining an opportunity to see options that were open to them from an operational point of view

As a F-15C Eagle is receiving fuel while inflight, STAFF Sergeant (SSG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

KC-135 boom operator MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Caroline Beardin, 106th Air Refueling Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard, gives a thumbs up signal to a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle as it drops away from the refueling boom

KC-135 boom operator MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Caroline Beardin, 106th Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Michelle S. Roquid, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Inside a KC-135 Stratotanker, a female boom operator from the 108th Air Refueling Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey explains the Combat Air Patrol mission to a guest reporter from Channel 12 New Jersey Network before departing for an air refueling mission over New York. The mission is part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Combat Air Patrol missions. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Inside a KC-135 Stratotanker, a female boom operator from the 108th Ai...

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

A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, takes control of the aircraft as he engages a B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, with the refueling boom. The B-52H, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), will head back to Diego Garcia from a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-10 will stand by for other aircraft in need of fuel. In response to the orist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting...

A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, takes control of the aircraft as he engages a B-52H Stratofor... More

A SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) and Boom Operator, assigned to the 351st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, does a pre-flight inspection inside KC-135R Stratotanker prior to an aerial refueling mission, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) and Boom Operator, assigned to the 351st Air Ref...

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

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Robbie Knight, Boom Operator, 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), goes through his pre-flight checklist aboard his KC-10 Extender aircraft, prior to a refueling mission whiled deployed at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Robbie Knight, Boom Operato...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, USAF R... More

On long air refueling missions, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Greg Patterson, a Boom Operator onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker, with the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), plays a game of solitaire, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

On long air refueling missions, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert J. Horstman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corvus Lowery, Boom Operator, 909th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Okinawa, calculates weight and balance for his KC-135 Stratotanker. The aircraft is on station 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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corvus Lowery, Boom Opera...

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:... More

A view from the navigators position onboard a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 108th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), New Jersey (NJ) Air National Guard (ANG), showing crewmember manning their position during preflight inspection on the flight line at McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ. Pictured are: Major (MAJ) Rick Sampson (Pilot), Captain (CPT) Rick Kelley (Co-Pilot), and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Greg White (Boom Operator)

A view from the navigators position onboard a US Air Force (USAF) KC-1...

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: SSGT Michael O'Hagan, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Alba Botts III (background), 193rd Maintenance Group (MXG), 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PAANG), guides the operator of mobile extended boom lifting crane, as he removes the engine of a USAF EC-130E Commando Solo aircraft, at Middletown, Pennsylvania (PA)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Alba Botts III (background),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Middletown State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Matt Schwartz, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Binkley (right), a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft boom operator, completes a check list prior to a refueling mission while MAJ. Bryan White (left seat) and 1ST LT. Ben Jones (right seat), prepare the aircraft for departure at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Feb 10, 2005. The Airmen are from the 168th Air Refueling Wing, Alaska Air National Guard. The 168th ARW is the only Arctic-region refueling unit for all of Pacific Air Forces, and maintains a substantial number of personnel on active duty and civilian technician status in order to meet its daily operational requirements. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Strang) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Binkley (right), a KC-135 Stratotan...

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 AIRMAN Brian Binkley, a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft boom operator from the 168th Air Refueling Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, completes an equipment function check prior to a refueling mission at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Feb 10, 2005. The 168th ARW is the only Arctic-region refueling unit for all of Pacific Air Forces, and maintains a substantial number of personnel on active duty and civilian technician status in order to meet its daily operational requirements. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Strang) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Binkley, a KC-135 Stratotanker airc...

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

Nebraska Air National Guard (NEANG) CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Dwight Moorehead, KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft Boom Operator, sits in the rear of the cargo area besides one of the eight palletized Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) loads that his aircraft is flying to Naval Air Station (NAS) New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). The NEANG flew a two-day relief mission operation from Lincoln, Nebraska (NE), to New Orleans to help deliver 65,000 MREs to assist those devastated by Hurricane Katrina

Nebraska Air National Guard (NEANG) CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Dwig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPT Kevin Hynes, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, MSGT Mike Carrol of the 170th Air Refueling Group, New Jersey National Guard, is in position to lower a boom for a refueling mission

KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, MSGT Mike Carrol of the 170th Air R...

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: SSGT Michael E. Caldwell Release St... More

An Air National Guard boom operator aboard a 161st Air Refueling Group KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft computes the amount of fuel necessary for an aerial refueling mission

An Air National Guard boom operator aboard a 161st Air Refueling Group...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul J. Harrington Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A refueling boom operator checks a sextant for accuracy during preflight mission

A refueling boom operator checks a sextant for accuracy during preflig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Rich Miller Release Status: Released... More

An air-to-air overhead view of a 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft refueling as seen from the boom operator's station aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

An air-to-air overhead view of a 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4G ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Mike Dial Release Status: Released to Public Com... 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-10A Extender aircraft as the tanker refuels an F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel aircraft

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

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

An air-to-air overhead view of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft as seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during refueling operations over the Mediterranean Sea. The F-111F, based at RAF Lakenheath, England, is r

An air-to-air overhead view of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling from another KC-135R

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratota...

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

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker approaching the boom of another KC-135R

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratota...

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

A partial view from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft boom operator's station of an RC-135 Stratoliner aircraft of the 306th Strategic Wing being refueled in flight

A partial view from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft boom operator's st...

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

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Vince Estes, a KC-135 Stratotanker Boom Operator, assigned to the 97th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, is currently deployed to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing, Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall, completes his prefilght checks prior to a mission in support of Operation Allied Force

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Vince Estes, a KC-135 Stratotanker Boom Ope...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Rele... 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

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Paul Coupaud, USAF, 49th Fighter Wing, Public Affairs Office takes photos of various aircraft refueling from a KC-10 Extender aircraft while TSGT Scott Dawe, USAF, boom operator, 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, controls the refueling operation during a sortie over Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Paul Coupaud, USAF, 49th Fighter Wing, Publi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael D. Gaddis, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

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