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A close up view of a US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MO being refueled by the boom and refueling arm of a KC-10 Extender aircraft. The image was taken from the Boom Operators position

A close up view of a US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from 509th Bomb Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Chuck Reger Release Status: Rel... More

An old biplane being pulled by a helicopter. Double decker aircraft propeller plane.

An old biplane being pulled by a helicopter. Double decker aircraft pr...

Two planes flying in the sky with a person holding a rope / Two small planes are flying in the air public domain stock photo.

B-1A Artist Concept 2 - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky

B-1A Artist Concept 2 - A black and white photo of a plane flying in t...

NARA RG342-B..1971 Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle breaks away after

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle breaks away after

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle breaks away after being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker Oct. 25, 2018, while flying over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The F-15E was designed in the 1980s ... More

A flight of U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom fighter bombers

A flight of U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom fighter bombers

A flight of U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom fighter bombers refuel from a KC-135 tanker aircraft prior to making a strike against communist targets in North Vietnam. The Phantoms are fully loaded with 750 pound ge... More

Aerial refueling - Defense imagery management operations center

Aerial refueling - Defense imagery management operations center

An U.S Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft, assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va., connects with the refueling boom of a KC 135R Stratotanker aircraft, assigned to the 916th Air Refueling Win... More

VX-1 pilots complete first E-2D aerial refueling training

VX-1 pilots complete first E-2D aerial refueling training

181204-N-XP344-1001 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER (Dec. 4, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. John Dues, left, and Lt. Andrew Quiel, both assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1's E-2D Hawkeye Operation Test Team, ... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 120th Fighter Squadron,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 120th Fighter Squadron,

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard moves into place to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 161st Air Refueling Wing, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Arizona Ai... More

An F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron

An F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron

An F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), receives fuel from a KC-130J Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, 3rd MAW (Fwd), here Oct. ... More

Lt. Col. Charlie Youngblood (left), and Lt. Col. Eric

Lt. Col. Charlie Youngblood (left), and Lt. Col. Eric

Lt. Col. Charlie Youngblood (left), and Lt. Col. Eric Vitosh (right), 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron go through engine start up procedures on a KC-135 Stratotanker at an undisclosed location in Sout... More

Lt. Col. Esteban Ramirez, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

Lt. Col. Esteban Ramirez, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

Lt. Col. Esteban Ramirez, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, inspects the boom operators window on a KC-135 Stratotanker as part of his preflight check at a forward deployed location supporting O... More

(Left) Capt. Brian Doom, (right) Lt. Col. Daniel Malles,

(Left) Capt. Brian Doom, (right) Lt. Col. Daniel Malles,

(Left) Capt. Brian Doom, (right) Lt. Col. Daniel Malles, and (bottom) Capt. Matthew Willey, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, conduct preflight checks aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker before taking off fr... More

A KC-130J Hercules belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler

A KC-130J Hercules belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler

A KC-130J Hercules belonging to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 flies over the Middle East with two Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 MV-22B Ospreys, April 3. Six Ospreys with Marine Medium Til... More

An E-3 Sentry, also known as airborne warning and control

An E-3 Sentry, also known as airborne warning and control

An E-3 Sentry, also known as airborne warning and control system or AWACS, from the 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron maneuvers into position to be refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340... More

A KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling

A KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling

A KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, hovers above another KC-10 during an air refueling mission over international waters, June 3.

An E-3 Sentry, also known as airborne warning and control

An E-3 Sentry, also known as airborne warning and control

An E-3 Sentry, also known as airborne warning and control system or AWACS, from the 960th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron maneuvers into position to be refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340... More

A RC-135 Rivet Joint, assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary

A RC-135 Rivet Joint, assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary

A RC-135 Rivet Joint, assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, maneuvers into position behind a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, to be refuele... More

A French Dassault Mirage 2000 aircraft receives fuel

A French Dassault Mirage 2000 aircraft receives fuel

A French Dassault Mirage 2000 aircraft receives fuel off the wing of an RAF Mildenhall KC-135 Stratotanker over Germany, May 29, 2012. The two French aircraft received more than 34,000 pounds of fuel on this mi... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 assist Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 with an aerial refueling of F-35B Lightning II aircraft over Florid... More

F-35B Aerial Refueling - A fighter jet flying in the sky above the clouds

F-35B Aerial Refueling - A fighter jet flying in the sky above the clo...

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 help Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 with the aerial refueling of F-35B Lightning II aircraft over Florida... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 help Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 with the aerial refueling of F-35B Lightning II aircraft over Florida... More

Two KC-130J Hercules aircraft fly in formation after

Two KC-130J Hercules aircraft fly in formation after

Two KC-130J Hercules aircraft fly in formation after conducting fixed-wing aerial refueling Feb. 19 and prepare to land on Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand, during exer... More

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a pre-flight inspection on a CH-53E Super Stallion on the flight deck of USS Peleliu before conducting air ref... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron flies alongside two 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles during a training mission over Okinawa, Japan, April 5,... More

Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Beaty pilots an F/A-18C Hornet assigned

Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Beaty pilots an F/A-18C Hornet assigned

Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Beaty pilots an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83 while conducting aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-135R during combat missions with the Nimitz-cla... More

For the first time in Eglin's air space, U.S. Air Force

For the first time in Eglin's air space, U.S. Air Force

For the first time in Eglin's air space, U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II pilots navigate their aircraft toward an Air Force Reserve KC-135R Stratotanker from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron, March ARB, Calif... More

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters from the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., fly in formation off the right wing of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 336t... More

For the first time in Eglin's air space, U.S. Air Force

For the first time in Eglin's air space, U.S. Air Force

For the first time in Eglin's air space, U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II pilots navigate their aircraft toward an Air Force Reserve KC-135R Stratotanker from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron, March Air Reserv... More

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters from the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., fly in formation May 16, 2013, off the coast of northwest Florida. The 33rd Fighter Wi... More

An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic

An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic

An EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), prepares for an aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-1... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Benjamin A. Lockyer, a loadmaster

U.S. Marine Cpl. Benjamin A. Lockyer, a loadmaster

U.S. Marine Cpl. Benjamin A. Lockyer, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 waits inside a KC-130J Hercules aircraft for AV-8B Harrier jets with Marine Attack Squadron 311 over Helmand... More

After receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned

After receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned

After receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., an F-15 Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, Portland, Ore., man... More

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, right, assigned to

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, right, assigned to

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, right, assigned to Strike Fight Squadron (VFA) 27 conducts an aerial refueling with an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft assigned to VFA-102 during flight operations over the Phili... More

A Finnish F-18 Hornet rejoins the fray during the Arctic

A Finnish F-18 Hornet rejoins the fray during the Arctic

A Finnish F-18 Hornet rejoins the fray during the Arctic Challenge exercise Sept. 24, 2013, over Norway. The F-18 played on the Blue side during this day’s particular scenario, while an opposing Red side played... More

VMGR-252, HMH-464 go offshore to conduct aerial refueling training

VMGR-252, HMH-464 go offshore to conduct aerial refueling training

A CH-53E Super Stallion belonging to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 refuels off the Atlantic Coast during training Monday. The Super Stallion received fuel from a KC-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Trans... More

A pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 aims

A pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 aims

A pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 aims to connect to a KC-130J Super Hercules to receive fuel in flight aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 24. The pilots used this training to... More

Two U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles from the 67th Fighter

Two U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles from the 67th Fighter

Two U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles from the 67th Fighter Squadron fly in formation alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft over the Pacific Ocean as they return to Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29,... More

An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft taxies to a stop

An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft taxies to a stop

An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft taxies to a stop after night aerial refueling training Nov. 7 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The Marines flew two aerial refueling missions on both Oct. 30 and Nov. 7 i... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Patrick Hansen, 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Capt. Patrick Hansen, 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Capt. Patrick Hansen, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, preflights a KC-135 Stratotanker for an aerial refueling mission Jan. 7, 2014, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Hansen a Raymon... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Boyack (left), 191st

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Boyack (left), 191st

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Boyack (left), 191st Air Refueling Squadron pilot, examines the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker as part of his pre-flight checks, Salt Lake City Air National Guard Base, Utah, March... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gregory D. Boyd, a videographer

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gregory D. Boyd, a videographer

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gregory D. Boyd, a videographer with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), records an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron... More

A Republic of Korea air force F-16 Fighting Falcon

A Republic of Korea air force F-16 Fighting Falcon

A Republic of Korea air force F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron over the ocean May 21, 2014. The training allowed U.S. and ROK service me... More

An MV-22B Osprey attached to Special-Purpose Marine

An MV-22B Osprey attached to Special-Purpose Marine

An MV-22B Osprey attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 prepares to refuel in midair with a KC-130J over the Mediterranean Sea, June 1... More

Capt. Ryan Christie, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

Capt. Ryan Christie, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

Capt. Ryan Christie, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron mission commander, does preflight checks on a KC-135 Stratotanker. Christie and his aircrew fly refueling missions in support of Operation Endurin... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the U.S. Air Force Aerial

An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the U.S. Air Force Aerial

An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds lines up to receive fuel from a 92nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker over Glacier National Park, Mont., Sept. 1,... More

A B-1B Lancer, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker

A B-1B Lancer, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker

A B-1B Lancer, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to Fairchild Air Force Base over South Dakota, Sept. 23, 2014. During the flight, the crew performed training procedures with two B-1B's. The B-1... More

Capt. Jacob Coronado, from San Antonio, Texas, inspects

Capt. Jacob Coronado, from San Antonio, Texas, inspects

Capt. Jacob Coronado, from San Antonio, Texas, inspects a KC-130J Super Hercules Oct. 1 during Forager Fury III on Andersen Air Force Base. He is conducting a preflight inspection to ensure that nothing is out ... More

Pilots and crew members with Marine Heavy Helicopter

Pilots and crew members with Marine Heavy Helicopter

Pilots and crew members with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 board a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., before conducting aerial refueling training off the coast of North... More

Sailors assigned to Ticonderoga-class guided-missile

Sailors assigned to Ticonderoga-class guided-missile

Sailors assigned to Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) perform a helicopter in-flight refueling exercise with an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Saberhawks of Helicopter Mar... More

Pennsylvania Air National Guard 1st Lt. Brandon Rader,

Pennsylvania Air National Guard 1st Lt. Brandon Rader,

Pennsylvania Air National Guard 1st Lt. Brandon Rader, right, and Lt. Col. Chuck Tubbs, left, assigned to the 171st Aerial Refueling Wing, of Pittsburgh, conduct a pre-flight check on board a KC-135 Stratotanke... More

New York Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the

New York Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the

New York Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the 102nd Rescue Squadron, of F.S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., prepare to conduct an aerial refueling flight on board an HC-130P King during exerc... More

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa attaches to a refueling line on a KC-130J during an aerial refueling mission launched from Morón Air Ba... More

Staff Sgt. Andre Valentine, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation

Staff Sgt. Andre Valentine, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation

Staff Sgt. Andre Valentine, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight instructor, directs the placement of equipment prior to being loaded on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 26, 201... More

A pilot from 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron maneuvers

A pilot from 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron maneuvers

A pilot from 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron maneuvers an A-10 Thunderbolt II into position behind a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker to receive fuel above Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 26,... More

Two Spanish Navy Harriers fly over the water after

Two Spanish Navy Harriers fly over the water after

Two Spanish Navy Harriers fly over the water after departing Naval Station Rota, Spain, for an aerial-refueling exercise with U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Afric... More

The aircrew of a KC-135 Stratotanker review a pre-flight

The aircrew of a KC-135 Stratotanker review a pre-flight

The aircrew of a KC-135 Stratotanker review a pre-flight checklist with maintenance personnel before a training exercise, Sept. 2, 2015, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The KC-135’s primary mission is aerial ... More

U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles receive fuel from

U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles receive fuel from

U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles receive fuel from a KC-135R, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, over Southwest Asia Sept., 3, 2015. Coalition forces fly daily missions in support of O... More

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 6th Air Mobility Wing

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 6th Air Mobility Wing

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 6th Air Mobility Wing sits on the flightline while the sun rises at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 13, 2015. The tanker provided aerial refueling support during Green Flag-Wes... More

An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 357th Fighter Squadron

An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 357th Fighter Squadron

An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 357th Fighter Squadron from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Ariz., approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 6th Air Mobility from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to conduct aerial r... More

WTI 1-16 F-35B Aerial Refuel

WTI 1-16 F-35B Aerial Refuel

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) conducts an aerial refuel in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 1-16 near Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 1... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Costa exits the bus he took

U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Costa exits the bus he took

U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Costa exits the bus he took to a KC-135T Stratotanker at Southwest Asia, Nov. 23, 2015. Costa is a pilot assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force pho... More

A British Typhoon fighter flies over Iraq, Dec. 22,

A British Typhoon fighter flies over Iraq, Dec. 22,

A British Typhoon fighter flies over Iraq, Dec. 22, 2015. Coalition forces fly daily missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released)

A group of fighter jets flying through a blue sky. Aircraft air show air14.

A group of fighter jets flying through a blue sky. Aircraft air show a...

A group of airplanes flying in the sky / A group of fighter jets flying in the sky public domain stock photo.

A fighter jet flying through the air. Refuel aerial refueling fuel.

A fighter jet flying through the air. Refuel aerial refueling fuel.

A fighter jet is being refueled by a jet / A fighter jet is being refueled by a jet public domain military photo. A fighter jet is being refueled by a jet / A fighter jet is being refueled by a jet - public do... More

A group of fighter jets flying through a blue sky. Aircraft air show air14.

A group of fighter jets flying through a blue sky. Aircraft air show a...

A large plane flying in the sky with a jet / A large jet flying through the air next to a jet public domain stock photo.

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron talk with maintainers before taking flight on a KC-135 Stratotanker from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 6, 2016. Coalition force... More

An F-22 Raptor pilot from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.,

An F-22 Raptor pilot from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.,

An F-22 Raptor pilot from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., signals goodbye and continues his training mission after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker. The 95th Fighter Squadron is the lead unit during Red ... More

Fourteen KC-135 Stratotankers line up during a simulated

Fourteen KC-135 Stratotankers line up during a simulated

Fourteen KC-135 Stratotankers line up during a simulated alert call, March 24, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The elephant walk was part of an exercise, which displayed the rapid mobility capabilities ... More

U.S Air Force Capt. David Hard performs a walk around

U.S Air Force Capt. David Hard performs a walk around

U.S Air Force Capt. David Hard performs a walk around inspection of a KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 29, 2016. Hard is a pilot deployed out of the 350th Air Refueling Squadron at McConne... More

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron prepare to board a KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 5, 2016. As of March 28, U.S. and partner nation aircr... More

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron await takeoff on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 8, 2016. As of April 4, U.S. and partner nation aircr... More

160415-N-QL471-020 MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE (April 15,

160415-N-QL471-020 MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE (April 15,

160415-N-QL471-020 MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE (April 15, 2016) A C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to 729th Airlift Squadron, conducts an aerial refueling with a KC-135 from 336th Air Refueling Squadron during the Mar... More

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Jolly Rogers CAG receives fuel

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Jolly Rogers CAG receives fuel

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Jolly Rogers CAG receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve May 3, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis/Released)

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker prepares to conduct

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker prepares to conduct

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker prepares to conduct a midair refuel mission for a C-17 Globemaster III during a supply mission in Southwest Asia May 29, 2016. The flight was conducted to pick up supplies a... More

An aircrew of 70th Air Refueling Squadron members depart

An aircrew of 70th Air Refueling Squadron members depart

An aircrew of 70th Air Refueling Squadron members depart Travis Air Force Base, Calif.. July 11, 2016 en route to Royal Air Force Base Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The purpose of the trip is to refuel ... More

Capt. Herbert Duke, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

Capt. Herbert Duke, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling

Capt. Herbert Duke, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, talks with a maintainer before takeoff in support of a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission at... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot talks with a maintainer before takeoff in support of a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission at Al Udeid Air Base,... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew talks with a maintainer before takeoff in support of a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission at Al Udeid Air Bas... More

U.S. Marine aviators with Special Purpose Marine Air

U.S. Marine aviators with Special Purpose Marine Air

U.S. Marine aviators with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa operate a KC-130J Super Hercules while conducting aerial refueling with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit off the c... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew talks with a maintainer before takeoff in support of a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission at Al Udeid Air Bas... More

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew prepares for takeoff before a mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve at Al Udied Air Base, Qatar Fe... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle refuels from a

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle refuels from a

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle refuels from a KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission in an undiscl... More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II refuels from a

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II refuels from a

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission Marc... More

Two U.S. Air Force F-22 fly in formation behind a U.S.

Two U.S. Air Force F-22 fly in formation behind a U.S.

Two U.S. Air Force F-22 fly in formation behind a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during a Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve mission ov... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, perform final flight checks on an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft before th... More

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, hosted the

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, hosted the

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, hosted the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, May 5, 2017. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single-day air show designed to foster ... More

A Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts

A Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts

A Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts flight demonstrations during the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day Air Show at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May... More

Japanese locals view various U.S. and Japanese static

Japanese locals view various U.S. and Japanese static

Japanese locals view various U.S. and Japanese static display aircraft during the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2017. Di... More

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse performs aerial demonstrations during the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle with 48th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle with 48th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle with 48th Fighter Wing based at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, connects to the fuel boom of a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender during an aerial refueling operation over th... More

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen flying in a KC-135

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen flying in a KC-135

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen flying in a KC-135 from Pittsburgh’s 171st Air Refueling Wing refuels an F-15 aircraft May 17, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Kyle Brooks)

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules assigned to Marine

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules assigned to Marine

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, is positioned on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 21, 2017. VMGR-252 ut... More

Air Commandos participated in Total Force Exercise

Air Commandos participated in Total Force Exercise

Air Commandos participated in Total Force Exercise 17-3 in south Indiana, July 7 through 9, 2017. Air Commandos with the 1st Special Operations Wing conduct exercises with joint services to strengthen the devel... More

U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender pilots Capt. Mitch E.

U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender pilots Capt. Mitch E.

U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender pilots Capt. Mitch E. Brantner, left, and Maj. William G. Thomas, both with the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, prepare for an aerial refueling from another K... More

U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender pilots Capt. Mitch E.

U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender pilots Capt. Mitch E.

U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender pilots Capt. Mitch E. Brantner, left, and Maj. William G. Thomas, both with the 78th Air Refueling Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, taxi behind a KC-10 Extender at Joint Base McG... More

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress with the 2nd Bomb

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress with the 2nd Bomb

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress with the 2nd Bomb Wing approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, during a training mission over the Midwest region of the ... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, refuels a British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 during a refueling mission over the Atlantic Ocean as ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II moves in to get

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II moves in to get

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II moves in to get refueled by a KC-10 Extender crewed by members of the 78th and 76th Air Refueling Squadrons, 514th Air Mobility Wing, over California, Sept. 13, 2017. The mis... More

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 fly alongside a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 during an aerial refuel off the coast o... More

A U.S. Air Force E-3 AWACS assigned to Al Dhafra Airbase,

A U.S. Air Force E-3 AWACS assigned to Al Dhafra Airbase,

A U.S. Air Force E-3 AWACS assigned to Al Dhafra Airbase, United Arab Emirates, waits to take off to provide air communications and surveillance capabilities to U.S. and Coalition fighter and reconnaissance air... More

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