AIRMAN Thomas Owings, the assistant crew chief for a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, cleans the aircraft's windscreen prior to a flight to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield

LT. Bob Dittus, the pilot of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, runs through a preflight checklist with his cockpit crew prior to a flight to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield

STAFF SGT. Timothy J. Schaller, 410th Bombardment Squadron crew chief, cleans the windshield of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft prior to its deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

LT. Robert Miller, the navigator aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, programs his navigational equipment prior to a flight to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield

Airmen stack up mobility bags inside a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft that will be carrying its cargo to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield

SENIOR AIRMAN Clayton Izumi, a refueling boom operator aboard a 310th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, guides an OA-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron into pre-contact position during a Pacific Tanker Task Force refueling mission

The co-pilot of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft helps run through the preflight cockpit check prior to a mission during Operation Desert Shield

AIRMAN Thomas Owings, the assistant crew chief for a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, cleans the aircraft's windscreen prior to a flight to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Eaker Air Force Base

State: Arkansas (AR)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Jordan

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files