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MSGT Mark Nelson from the 4201st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, checks the landing gear on a KC-10 Extender aircraft

A air-to-air top view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft as seen from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a refueling flight test

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during a refueling flight test

Test crew members of the KC-46A disembark the aircraft

Lockheed F-104G DA 102 ZELL tests Edwards AFB 1963 (mfr LA 3175 via RJF)

MAJ Stephen R. Webber of the 2874th Test Squadron runs through a cockpit check before taking an F-111 aircraft on a night test flight

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Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Lauren Houk, from St. Charles, Mo., conducts daily inspections on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter

Lt. Col. Lee Bryant, 411th Flight Test Squadron commander

MAJ Sam Hezlip, a test pilot with the 4201th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, answers questions about the KC-10 Extender aircraft to members of the British aviation press

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Base: Raf Mildenhall

Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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05/06/1981
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