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On the ramp at Lincoln Municipal Airport, the flight crew of a Nebraska Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker go over pre-flight checks before taking off. Nebraska Air National Guard members were deploying in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, aboard a 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, KC-135R Stratotanker preparing for deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Members from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard move past one Nebraska Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker on their way to their own KC-135R for deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, aboard a 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, KC-135R Stratotanker preparing for deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

As the sun sets, a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard rolls down a taxiway at the Lincoln Municipal Airport Lincoln, NE. Members and planes are deploying in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, board a 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, KC-135R Stratotanker as they deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

With their luggage and gear tied down, members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing (Wisconsin Air National Guard) get ready onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker to depart for a deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

On board a bus, members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing (Wisconsin Air National Guard) are enroute to a KC-135 aircraft to deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Before stepping to their KC-135R Stratotanker, Major Steve Burke, USAF, (left) and Captain John Williams, USAF, of the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, review their flight plan for a refueling training mission. As part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), Guard units were activated as part of homeland defense

The KC-135R Stratotanker pilot from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, checks his emergency oxygen mask during pre-flight checks before deploying in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport

State: Nebraska (NE)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC/ANG

Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Lee Straube, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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18/10/2001
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label_outline Explore Smsgt Lee Straube, Lincoln Municipal Airport, Pre Flight Checks

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker pilot flies over

Captain (CPT), John Andress, USMC, F-18D Hornet aircraft pilot assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) (VMFA "AW"-121), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar San Diego, CA adjusts his oxygen mask in preparation for a mission during DESERT RESCUE IX. DESERT RESCUE IX is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military in a real world rescue and combat scenario

Sailors perform pre-flight checks on a C-2A Greyhound.

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Cole Foster, 155th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Nebraska (NE), Air National Guard (ANG), performs maintenance on the variable bleed valve for the fuel system on a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, inside an aircraft hangar at the Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, NE

The Commemorative Air Force's (formerly the Confederate Air Force)"TORA TORA TORA" Group re-enacts the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, against Pearl Harbor at the Nebraska Guard Airfest Airshow on April 29, 2001, in Lincoln, Nebraska

Staff Sgt. Kaycee Endiss, (left), 155th Medical Group

A C-5 Galaxy arrives with the early morning sun carrying 366th Air Expeditionary Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon support personnel deployed 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

Major (MAJ) Tom Alicata (left), USAF, Pilot, and MAJ Tony Piso, USAF, Co-Pilot, 76th Airlift Squadron (AS), Ramstein Air Base, Germany, call for weather update before takeoff in a VC-9C Nightingale

A KC-135R Stratotanker aircrew from the 155th Air Refueling

Aviation Machinists Mate 3rd Class (AD3) Julian Sevilla (left) and AD3 Wendy Day, HC-4 "Black Stallions" Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, US Naval Air Station, Cigonella, Italy, perform a pre-flight inspection on a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter parked on the NATO pad, Aviano Air Base, Italy

Technical Sergeant T. J. Theis, US Air Force (USAF), fuels specialist, 96th Supply Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, attaches a hose to the R-11 fuel truck to fill it back up after refueling an aircraft on the ramp at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, during 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

A crew chief communicates with a pilot while launching aircraft from Moron Air Base, Spain in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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