AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Daniel Verkuilen, USAF, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, checks the pressure on a tank of Oxygen cart before replenishing the Oxygen supply on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. A1C Verkuilen, an assistant crew chief, deployed here with a small group of aircraft maintenance specialists from the 22nd Aircraft Generation Squadron at McConnell. They and two McConnell KC-135 aircrews joined the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small Air Force detachment at Istres Air Base, France as part of Operation JOINT FORGE, the ongoing military mission in the Balkans. "The United States has agreed to provide a force of approximately 6,900 U.S. Service member to help...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Daniel Verkuilen, USAF, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, checks the pressure on a tank of Oxygen cart before replenishing the Oxygen supply on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. A1C Verkuilen, an assistant crew chief, deployed here with a small group of aircraft maintenance specialists from the 22nd Aircraft Generation Squadron at McConnell. They and two McConnell KC-135 aircrews joined the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small Air Force detachment at Istres Air Base, France as part of Operation JOINT FORGE, the ongoing military mission in the Balkans. "The United States has agreed to provide a force of approximately 6,900 U.S. Service member to help maintain a capable military force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No timetable for the duration of Operation JOINT FORGE has been determined. The mission will be assessed periodically and the force size will be adjusted, as circumstances require."

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE

Base: Le Tube Air Base 125

State: Istres

Country: France (FRA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dave Ahlschwede, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
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