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A view from the refueling boom control station aboard a 452nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker as a C-141B Starlifter aircraft approaches to be refuels in flight over Altus Air Force Base. Both aircraft are manned by Air Force Reserve crews

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Base: Altus Air Force Base

State: Oklahoma (OK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT R.C. Leach

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/09/1980
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label_outline Explore Refuels, Altus Air Force Base, Starlifter

An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

Rear view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, with contrails, flying toward the setting sun. The aircraft is returning to Christchurch, New Zealand, after a successful airdrop over Antarctica

A large crane operated by a civilian contractor is being used to remove the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System Antenna from atop the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) tower at Altus AFB, Oklahoma. The 97th Communication Squadron is replacing the ARS pedestal and antenna on top of its tower

Navy Personnel using a rough terrain forklift down load the Marine's equipment which includes a pallet of ammunition from the C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft carried the first Marines (33) to Guantanamo Bay in support of the recent problems in Haiti

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft prepare for a jump during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Staff Sgt. Craig Cox makes a final check on a cargo of supplies to be dropped from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft over the South Pole. The drop is a joint U.S./New Zealand operation to resupply both South Pole and McMurdo Stations in Antarctica. The operation is being staged from Det. 2, 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron, at the New Zealand International Airport

U.S. Air Force Maj. Bill Lohan, 3rd Flying Training

A C-130 Hercules attached to Marine Arial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 [VMGR-252] Marine Corps Air Station [MCAS] Cherry Point, North Carolina, refuels (left wing) two F-18 Hornets, from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron [VMFA] in Beaufort South Carolina, and two AV-8 Harriers attached to Marine Attack Squadron-231 [VMA-231] in MCAS Cherry Point

The U.S. Flag hangs from the ceiling from Hangar 517

Colonel (COL) John D. Moore, commander of the 452nd Air Refueling Wing, flies a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a refueling operation over Altus Air Force Base

Casualties" are placed, one above the other, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Exercise Wounded Eagle '82

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