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A motor whale boat pulls alongside the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33). The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

A motor whale boat pulls alongside the guided missile cruiser USS FOX ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from the stern of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33) of the Mark 42 5-inch/54-caliber gun and superstructure. The FOX is assigned to escort the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers BRIDGETON and GAS PRINCE

A view from the stern of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33) of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Persian Gulf. A quartermaster takes a bearing with a telescopic alidade mounted on a gyro repeater aboard the the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993). The KIDD is escorting reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the gulf

Persian Gulf. A quartermaster takes a bearing with a telescopic alida...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kidd (DDG 993) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas Tolliver Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Reflagged Kuwaiti tankers move through Persian Gulf waters escorted by U.S. Navy ships. The convoy includes, from front to back: the GAS KING, OCEAN CITY, SEA ISLE CITY, and BRIDGETON. U.S. Navy ships are serving as protection against possible attack from hostile forces until the tankers reach open waters

Reflagged Kuwaiti tankers move through Persian Gulf waters escorted by...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tolliver Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Persian Gulf. A chief quartermaster mans the helm of the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG 54) as the ship approaches the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9). The FORD is escorting reflagged tankers through the Gulf

Persian Gulf. A chief quartermaster mans the helm of the guided missil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ford (FFG 54) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeffrey A. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Persian Gulf. Crew members observe activities from the rail of the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG 54). The FORD is escorting reflagged tankers through the Gulf

Persian Gulf. Crew members observe activities from the rail of the gui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ford (FFG 54) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeffrey A. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Persian Gulf. Crewmen stand by aboard the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG 54) as it pulls alongside the dock landing ship USS MOUNT VERNON (LSD 39) to refuel during an escort operation for reflagged tankers

Persian Gulf. Crewmen stand by aboard the guided missile frigate USS F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ford (FFG 54) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeffrey A. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Overall view of flight line showing a SR-71 Black Bird, reconnaissance aircraft, after its final flight. It will be retired to the March Field Museum. On the flight line, in the background are KC-135 and KC-10 tankers from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Overall view of flight line showing a SR-71 Black Bird, reconnaissance...

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

The rapid-response vehicle cargo ship USNS BELLATRIX (T-AKR-288) and three commercial tankers transit the Suez Canal. The BELLATRIX is transporting equipment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

The rapid-response vehicle cargo ship USNS BELLATRIX (T-AKR-288) and t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Allen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A 190th Air Refueling Group KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a 6th Air Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender aircraft during a Strategic Air Command "Proud Visitor" mission. Two 185th Tactical Air Group A-7D Corsairs are flying alongside the tankers

A 190th Air Refueling Group KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a 6th Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROUD VISITOR Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

The aircrew of a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado waits for takeoff clearance from Redding Municipal Airport, Calif. The aircraft, one of two from the 731st Airlift Squadron was joined by two more C-130s from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands. They worked with the U.S. Forest Service and Fire Protection air tankers and ground crews fighting some of northern California's lightning caused fires which lit up the landscape on Aug 11 1996 by providing aerial fire suppression using the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS).Published in AIRMAN Magazine, December 1996. Exact Date ...

The aircrew of a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: The aircrew of a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado waits fo... More

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, participate in the NATO Exercise STRONG RESOLVE 98. Using Sola Air Station, Norway, as home base, the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron tankers fly missions supporting NATO aircraft. The tanker Reluctant Dragon, is marshaled to its parking position on the snow-covered tarmac

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Roy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STRONG RESOLVE 98 Base: Sola Air Base Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Randy Mallard, USAF Release Status: ... More

View from the boom operators position through a Starlight system as an F-15C gets an in-flight fillup from a KC-135 during a combat air patrol. This F-15 and several others (not shown) were providing fighter cover for tankers and strike aircraft during the first night of NATO Operation Allied Force

View from the boom operators position through a Starlight system as an...

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

TSGT Brian Clark, a KC-135R Crewchief works on the RAF Mildenhall, England, flightline in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Clark is assigned to the 100th Aircraft Generation Squadron at RAF Mildenhall. His home town is Miami, Florida. Tankers from RAF Mildenhall make-up a large portion of the tanker forces supporting NATO aircraft during NATO Operation Allied Force

TSGT Brian Clark, a KC-135R Crewchief works on the RAF Mildenhall, Eng...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: Released t... More

Head-on view of a United States Air Forces Europe F-16C during a Combat Air Patrol mission in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. The F-16C Fighting Falcon is from the 510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards", Aviano Air Base, Italy and is carrying a full combat load to include AIM-120 missiles, drop tanks and a electronic jamming pod. The F-16 is positioning itself behind a KC-135R (not shown) to refuel. The KC-135R is flying from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The KC-135R is deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Tankers based at RAF Mildenhall as well as those deployed to the base from stateside bases make up a large portion...

Head-on view of a United States Air Forces Europe F-16C during a Comba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Head-on view of a United States Air Forces Europe F-16C during a Combat Air Patrol mission in support of NATO Operation Allied ... More

Tankers of Task Force 2/34 AR., Ft. Riley, Kansas return safely to Camp Warhorse on Dec. 5, 2005 after assisting Iraqi Forces in the blocking and securing of Rt. Cheyenne leading into the city of Udaim, Iraq. Udaim was evacuated and secured the evening prior. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Danielle Howard) (Released)

Tankers of Task Force 2/34 AR., Ft. Riley, Kansas return safely to Cam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Warhorse Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Danielle Howard, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator performs an in-flight operations check during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug. 29, 2017. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling cap... More

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler, fly through the skies above

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler, fly through the skies above

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler, fly through the skies above Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, for exercise Northern Edge 2017, May 2, 2017. This exercise is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exerci... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling Wing Maintenance Group prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker for flight at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, on Nov. 11, 2019. Approximately 40 members from the 12... More

A U.S. Marine F/A-18 Hornet receives fuel from a KC-135

A U.S. Marine F/A-18 Hornet receives fuel from a KC-135

A U.S. Marine F/A-18 Hornet receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug. 15, 2017. The F-18 ... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator refuels a B-52 Stratofortress during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve July 27, 2017. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling capabilities... More

Airman 1st Class Hope Harr, 816th Expeditionary Airlift

Airman 1st Class Hope Harr, 816th Expeditionary Airlift

Airman 1st Class Hope Harr, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, directs the loading of cargo during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Aug. 10, 2017, at the 38... More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares to receive fuel

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares to receive fuel

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, July 31, 2017. The F-22 is a component of the Global Strike Task Force... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot flies a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug. 14, 2017. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling capabilities to U.S. and Coalition aircraft, worki... More

The junior officer of the deck checks the radar scope on the bridge of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33). The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

The junior officer of the deck checks the radar scope on the bridge of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A lookout scans the horizon from a fire control radar station aboard the guided missile cruiser USS KIDD (CG 33). The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

A lookout scans the horizon from a fire control radar station aboard t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

From the target designation transmitter platform aboard the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG-54), a seaman observes the underway replenishment of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) from the replenishment oiler USNS HASSAYAMPA (T-AO-145). The FORD is escorting reflagged tankers through the Gulf

From the target designation transmitter platform aboard the guided mis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Oman Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeffrey A. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Persian Gulf. An aviation machinist's mate services an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter of Detachment 2, Helicopter Light Anti-submarine Squadron 45 (HSL-45) aboard the guided missile frigate USS FORD (FFG 54). Two tankers which the FORD is escorting through the Gulf are in the background

Persian Gulf. An aviation machinist's mate services an SH-60B Sea Hawk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ford (FFG 54) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Sw) Jeffrey A. Elliott Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Mess Management SPECIALIST 2nd Class Williams Hendrickson scans for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) during an Earnest Will convoy mission in which tankers are led through the waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Mess Management SPECIALIST 2nd Class Williams Hendrickson scans for mi...

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

Members of Special Boat Unit 11 observe the SS GAS PRINCE from the bow of their PB Mark III patrol boat as it approaches the SS GAS PRINCE. The SS GAS PRINCE is participating in an Earnest Will convoy mission where reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through the waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Members of Special Boat Unit 11 observe the SS GAS PRINCE from the bow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Crewmen aboard a PB Mark III patrol boat, part of Special Boat Unit 20, get a close-up view of the reflagged Kuwaiti tanker SS GAS PRINCE. The patrol boat is taking part in an Earnest Will convoy mission during which the tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Crewmen aboard a PB Mark III patrol boat, part of Special Boat Unit 20...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

CMDR. Jim Howlett, Navy Liaison Officer (NLO), works on a chart on the bridge of the reflagged Kuwaiti tanker SS GAS PRINCE. NLOs are working as naval representatives aboard tankers during Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which the reflagged vessels are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

CMDR. Jim Howlett, Navy Liaison Officer (NLO), works on a chart on the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A sailor helps a shipmate with the strap of his Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (OBA) during OBA usage recertification aboard the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47). The ship is taking part in Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

A sailor helps a shipmate with the strap of his Oxygen Breathing Appar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Hull Maintenance Technician 1ST Class Alan Ball, right, questions sailors on the correct usage of the Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (OBA) during OBA recertification aboard the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47). The ship is taking part in Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Hull Maintenance Technician 1ST Class Alan Ball, right, questions sail...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A1C Robert Griffith of the 100th Supply Squadron at RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom, monitors fuel flow from a tank truck into a KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) on March 29, 1999. The Mildenhall tankers are flying missions around the clock in support of NATO aircraft involved in NATO Operation Allied Force

A1C Robert Griffith of the 100th Supply Squadron at RAF Mildenhall Uni...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Carly Burke Release Stat... More

HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL - U.S. Coast guard photo

HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL - U.S. Coast guard photo

HOUSTON, Texas (Dec. 8)--Last year more than 100,000 barges navigated the Houston ship channel. Here, a crane barge manuevers near other barges on the Houston ship channel Dec. 8, 2000. USCG photo by PA2 James Dillard

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft, Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273 stage their Emergency Response Vehicles and prepare for a training fire onboard Al Asad Air Base (AB), Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The US Marines staged with a P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Firefighting Vehicle (center), a couple of armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), and a water tankers. Also joining the event a John Deere Gator 6x4 vehicle (right)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft, Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Marin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jonathan T. Spencer, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

German soldiers unload military vehicles June 8, 2015

German soldiers unload military vehicles June 8, 2015

German soldiers unload military vehicles June 8, 2015 at a railhead at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland. The soldiers are participating in Saber Strike, a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led coopera... More

F-16's Fly During ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

F-16's Fly During ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

Three F-16 Fighting Falcons form alongside a KC-135R Stratotanker in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 on May 27, 2019. ACE 19 is a multinational exercise designed to provide scenario-based training to ... More

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft, races

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft, races

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft, races through the skies above Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 2, 2017. Northern Edge is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise designe... More

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Two tanks sit beside each other after a full day of riding through Helmand province recently. The tankers with 1st Tank Battalion ha... More

U.S. Marines Cpl. Travis Kempf, left, and Lance Cpl.

U.S. Marines Cpl. Travis Kempf, left, and Lance Cpl.

U.S. Marines Cpl. Travis Kempf, left, and Lance Cpl. Mitchell Anderson, combat engineers, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, prepare a line charge at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., ... More

The reflagged Kuwaiti tanker GAS QUEEN moves through Persian Gulf waters. The GAS QUEEN is part of a convoy of tankers being escorted by US Navy ships which serve as protection against possible attack from hostile forces until the tankers reach open water

The reflagged Kuwaiti tanker GAS QUEEN moves through Persian Gulf wate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas Tolliver Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members stand watch on the bow of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993) as reflagged Kuwaiti tanker BRIDGETON moves through Persian Gulf waters. The BRIDGETON is part of a convoy of tankers being escorted by US Navy ships which serve as protection against possible attack from hostile forces until the tankers reach open water

Crew members stand watch on the bow of the guided missile destroyer US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas Tolliver Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Signalman 2nd Class Prentiss Hammons hoists signal flags to air dry following a thorough cleaning of the ocean minesweeper USS INFLICT (MSO-456). The vessel is taking part in Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Signalman 2nd Class Prentiss Hammons hoists signal flags to air dry fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Committee listen during the public hearing, Colonel Lynn Guenther (ret), an early director of operations for Malmstrom's refueling group, takes the stage to present his arguments for keeping Malmstrom's twelve remaining KC-135 tankers here instead of shifting them to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Seated around him at the table from left to right, Montana's Governor Marc Racicot, Senators Max Baucus and Conrad Burns, Congressman Pat Williams and Commissioners Kling, Davis and Cox

The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Committee listen during the pu...

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: AIRMAN John Turner Release Status: Re... More

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, participate in the NATO Exercise STRONG RESOLVE 98. Using Sola Air Station, Norway, as home base, the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron tankers fly missions supporting NATO aircraft. The tanker El Diablo, is marshaled to its final parking position for shut down

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Roy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STRONG RESOLVE 98 Base: Sola Air Base Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Randy Mallard, USAF Release Status: ... More

View from the boom operators position through a Starlight system as an F-15C gets an in-flight fillup from a KC-135 during a combat air patrol. This F-15 was credited with a MIG-29 kill tonight. He and several others (not shown) are providing fighter cover for tankers and strike aircraft during the first night of NATO Operation Allied Force

View from the boom operators position through a Starlight system as an...

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

Medium long shot, right front view, low angle, a C-130H Hercules climbing after liftoff, from McChord Air Force Base, Washington during Air Mobility Command's Rodeo 98. The competition is held every other year at a different AMC base. The competition pits airlifters and tankers from around the world in events that test their flying skills and mission skills unique to the airlift world. A C-130 takes off from McCord AFB during Rodeo '98. Aircraft is from the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, Shepard Field Martinsburg, WV

Medium long shot, right front view, low angle, a C-130H Hercules climb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 98 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker parked on the ramp at Moron Air Base (AB) in Spain (SP). The tankers and crews are participating in exercise MEDSHARK/ Majestic Eagle 2004

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker parked on the ramp at Moron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Stacia M. Willis, USAF Release S... More

Hundreds of oil tankers each year receive their payload from Iraq's Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). Mobile Security Force Detachment 22 (MSFD-22) is currently defending Iraqis oil terminals as part of a joint effort between US and Coalition Forces to provide security against terrorist attacks to Iraq's oil platforms in the North Persian Gulf during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Hundreds of oil tankers each year receive their payload from Iraq's Al...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Richard J. Brunson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Wildfire - Loveland, Colo. , September 13, 2010 -- Heavy air tankers work on hot spots on the Reservoir Road Fire just west of the town of Loveland. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA

Wildfire - Loveland, Colo. , September 13, 2010 -- Heavy air tankers w...

The original database describes this as: Title: Aerial of the Reservoir Road Fire in Colorado Production Date: 09/13/2010 Caption: Loveland, Colo. , September 13, 2010 -- Heavy air tankers work on hot spots ... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator performs an in-flight operations check during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug. 29, 2017. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling cap... 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

Col. Paul Murphy, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander

Col. Paul Murphy, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander

Col. Paul Murphy, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander originally from Boston, Mass., exits one of the 12 KC-10 Extenders after having piloted the aircraft during the ‘Elephant Walk’ exercise here, Dec. 20. An ‘El... More

An Italian Air Force A-11 Ghibli departs after receiving

An Italian Air Force A-11 Ghibli departs after receiving

An Italian Air Force A-11 Ghibli departs after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug.... More

A Canadian Army forward observer looks out onto a firing

A Canadian Army forward observer looks out onto a firing

A Canadian Army forward observer looks out onto a firing range June 10, 2015 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland as German and U.S. artillery and mortar units train together during Saber Strike 15,... More

Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field

Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field

Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade fire an M119 105mm Towed Howitzer June 18, 2015 at the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in Poland during Saber Str... More

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies through

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies through

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies through the skies above Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 3, 2017. Northern Edge is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise designed to pract... More

An Italian Air Force A-11 Ghibli receives fuel from

An Italian Air Force A-11 Ghibli receives fuel from

An Italian Air Force A-11 Ghibli receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug. 4, 2017. Italy... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Travis Kempf, combat engineer, 1st

U.S. Marine Cpl. Travis Kempf, combat engineer, 1st

U.S. Marine Cpl. Travis Kempf, combat engineer, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, holds markers before a breach at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 18, 2017. Marines train using ... More

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 816th Expeditionary

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 816th Expeditionary

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron prepares to land in Baghdad, Iraq, during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Aug. 10, 2017. The C-17 is capable of rapid str... More

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress departs after

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress departs after

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress departs after receiving fuel from a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve July 27, 2017. De... More

Sgt. Maj. of the U.S. Army Raymond F. Chandler III

Sgt. Maj. of the U.S. Army Raymond F. Chandler III

Sgt. Maj. of the U.S. Army Raymond F. Chandler III talks with representatives of the Texas media on Fort Hood, May 28, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar/Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division conduct mission rehearsals and a walk through with their vehicles for an upcoming miss... More

A gunner's mate stands by a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the deck of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33). The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

A gunner's mate stands by a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the dec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Navigators aboard the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (DDG 33) plot a course through the gulf. The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

Navigators aboard the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (DDG 33) plot a c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crewman checks an operations board in the engineering spaces of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33). The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

A crewman checks an operations board in the engineering spaces of the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SEAMAN John Stengel, after lookout, uses binoculars to scan the horizon from the stern of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) during an Earnest Will convoy mission where reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

SEAMAN John Stengel, after lookout, uses binoculars to scan the horizo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

CAPT. Seth H. Cogsdale, center, and two crewmen watch the arrival of Navy Liaison Officers (NLOs) from the accommodation ladder on the post bridge wing of the reflagged Kuwaiti tanker SS GAS PRINCE. NLOs are working as naval representatives aboard tankers during Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which the reflagged vessels are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

CAPT. Seth H. Cogsdale, center, and two crewmen watch the arrival of N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A plane director signals to the pilot of a Marine Utility/Attack Helicopter Squadron 257 (HMLA-257) AH-1 Sea Cobra gunship on the helicopter deck of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) during Earnest Will, a convoy mission in which reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

A plane director signals to the pilot of a Marine Utility/Attack Helic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Strategic Air Command's KC-135 tankers on the ramp at a Saudi airbase during the United Nations response to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Strategic Air Command's KC-135 tankers on the ramp at a Saudi airbase ...

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

Ground crews drag wheel chocks to a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado after it arrives to take on a load of fire retardant, at Redding Municipal Airport, to fight the California wild fires. The aircraft, one of two from the 731st Airlift Squadron was joined by two more C-130s from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands. They worked with the U.S. Forest Service and Fire Protection air tankers and ground crews fighting some of northern California's lightning caused fires which lit up the landscape on Aug 11, 1996 by providing aerial fire suppression using the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting...

Ground crews drag wheel chocks to a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Ground crews drag wheel chocks to a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base... More

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, participate in the NATO Exercise STRONG RESOLVE 98. Using Sola Air Station, Norway, as home base, the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron tankers fly missions supporting NATO aircraft. The tanker sits under a coating of snow

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Roy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STRONG RESOLVE 98 Base: Sola Air Base Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Randy Mallard, USAF Release Status: ... More

View from the boom operators position through a Starlight system as an F-15C gets an in-flight fillup from a KC-135 (not shown) during a combat air patrol. This F-15 was credited with a MIG-29 (not shown) kill tonight. He and several others are providing fighter cover for tankers and strike aircraft (not shown) during the first night of NATO Operation Allied Force

View from the boom operators position through a Starlight system as an...

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

A1C Robert Griffith of the 100th Supply Squadron at RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom, prepares to pump fuel from a tank truck into a KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) on March 29, 1999. The Mildenhall tankers are flying missions around the clock in support of NATO aircraft involved in NATO Operation Allied Force

A1C Robert Griffith of the 100th Supply Squadron at RAF Mildenhall Uni...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Carly Burke Release Stat... More

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) silhouetted by the sun during take-off for a mission. Tankers such as this one provide vital air refueling support in this region for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott T. Sturkol, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-135

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-135

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug. 22, 2017. The F-... More

U.S. Marine with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion operates

U.S. Marine with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion operates

U.S. Marine with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion operates a radio inside a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 18, 2017. Marines train us... More

Army Pfc. Harlan Troutman, left, and Sgt. 1st Class

Army Pfc. Harlan Troutman, left, and Sgt. 1st Class

Army Pfc. Harlan Troutman, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Tejeda, both part of a tank crew with the Tennessee Army National Guard’s H Troop,2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, use a wrench to tighte... More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares to receive fuel

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares to receive fuel

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve July 31, 2017. The F-22 is a component of the Global Strike Task Force,... More

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – A U.S. Air Force F-22

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – A U.S. Air Force F-22

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor multi-role fighter aircraft pilot assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, flies near the wing of a KC-135T Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Forc... More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-135

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-135

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve July 31, 2017. The F-22 is a component of the Global Strike Task Force, supporting... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator climbs a ladder into a KC-135 Stratotanker before a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Aug. 4, 2017. The KC-135 provides aerial refueling ... More

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Glowing red lights pour out of several Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. The Marines relax in the combat vehicles by watchin... More

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – A Marine plays a game on his portable media player as the moon rises over the horizon behind the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected veh... More

[Dunkirk Port, 1948 - 2 French Tankers]

[Dunkirk Port, 1948 - 2 French Tankers]

[Dunkirk Port, 1948 - 2 French Tankers] - [FRA-5657] Public domain photograph of post-war reconstruction of Europe, work of US government

Fuel is transferred from tankers to fuel bladders to be used in support of Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84

Fuel is transferred from tankers to fuel bladders to be used in suppor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Camp San Luis Obispo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

A lookout scans the horizon from the bridge of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33). The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

A lookout scans the horizon from the bridge of the guided missile crui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A lookout scans the horizon from the bridge of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG 33). The FOX is escorting the reflagged Kuwaiti super tankers GAS PRINCE and BRIDGETON

A lookout scans the horizon from the bridge of the guided missile crui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 G.L. Pixler Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members discuss ship's operations on the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993). The KIDD is escorting reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the gulf

Crew members discuss ship's operations on the bridge of the guided mis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas Tolliver Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crew member aboard the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993) takes practice aim with a Stinger anti-aircraft missile launcher. The KIDD and other US Navy ships are protecting reflagged Kuwaiti tankers against possible attack from hostile forces until the tankers reach open water

A crew member aboard the guided missile destroyer USS KIDD (DDG 993) t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kidd (DDG 993) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas Tolliver Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Quartermaster SEAMAN Shawn Edwards plots the position of the guided missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) on the navigator's chart table on the bridge during an Earnest Will convoy mission where reflagged Kuwaiti tankers are escorted through waters of the Gulf by U.S. naval ships

Quartermaster SEAMAN Shawn Edwards plots the position of the guided mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EARNEST WILL Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, participate in the NATO Exercise STRONG RESOLVE 98. Using Sola Air Station, Norway, as home base, the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron tankers fly missions supporting NATO aircraft. This tanker, The Big Stick, gets airborne

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Roy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STRONG RESOLVE 98 Base: Sola Air Base Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Randy Mallard, USAF Release Status: ... More

Close-up of the air-to-air missiles carried by a French Air Force Mirage 2000C that is performing a Combat Patrol mission while participating in NATO Operation Allied Force. The missiles in the frame are the Super 350 (left) and the R550 Magic 2 air-to-air missile. The Mirage 2000C is refueling from a United States Air Forces Europe KC-135R (not shown) based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The tanker is being flown by a crew deployed from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Tankers from RAF Mildenhall make-up a large portion of the tanker forces supporting NATO aircraft during NATO Operation Allied Force

Close-up of the air-to-air missiles carried by a French Air Force Mira...

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

A head-on view of a German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany as it approaches the fefueling drogue a United States Air Forces Europe KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) of the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing. Note the extended refueling probe on the starboard side of the forward fuselage. JbG-32 or Fighter-Bomber Wing Thirty-Two is one of the German Air Forces premier combat aircraft wings. The KC-135R is assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington but is deployed to Royal Air Force Mildenhall to bolster the 100th AEW in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Both assigned tankers and deployed tankers flying from RAF Mildenhall make up a ...

A head-on view of a German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A head-on view of a German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany as it approaches the fefueling drogue a Unite... More

A German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany, with an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile attached to the wing and an AGM-88 HARM air-to-ground missile attached to the underside of the fuselage heads back towards its patrol area after refueling from a United States Air Forces Europe KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) of the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing. JbG-32 or Fighter-Bomber Wing Thirty-Two is one of the German Air Forces premier combat aircraft wings. The KC-135R is assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington but is deployed to Royal Air Force Mildenhall to bolster the 100th AEW in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Both assigned...

A German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany, with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany, with an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile attached to the wi... More

Shot inside the cockpit of an E-4B aircraft, as the aircraft is being refueled in the air. The E-4B aircraft team can relay national emergency messages from the air for days when aerial refueled from tankers. This image was used in the May 2000 AIRMAN Magazine. Article "Around the clock with the E-4B"

Shot inside the cockpit of an E-4B aircraft, as the aircraft is being ...

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

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Eric Hill, USAF Crewchief, 151st Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Utah Air National Guard (UANG), deployed to RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, rinses down a KC-135E Stratotanker, this is done monthly to the tankers deployed to certain climates. For security reasons, civilian attire is required while deployed to this location

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Eric Hill, USAF Crewchief, 151st Air Refueli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: RAF Akrotiri Air Base State: Sovereign Base Area (SBA) Country: Cyprus (CYP) Scene Major Command Show... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 121st Air Refueling Wing Maintenance Group prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker for flight at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, on Nov. 11, 2019. Approximately 40 members from the 12... More

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