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A rear view of the ETU-111/E multipurpose trailer used for the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft re-engine program. The trailer frame is in a raised position, the wheels are pinned and the cradle is level. This trailer is used to transport the engine of the KC-135R

A rear view of the ETU-111/E multipurpose trailer used for the KC-135R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling from another KC-135R

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratota...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker approaching the boom of another KC-135R

Boom operator's view of a 384th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratota...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A KC-135R is on the taxi way at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio. Two KC-135R aircraft and crews from the 121st Air Refueling Wing responded to a short notice historical B-1B "Global Power" exercise on 2 June 95 in support of exercise CORONET BAT

A KC-135R is on the taxi way at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT Base: Rickenbacker Ang Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

CAPT. Shane Ostler, co-pilot, flies a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARS), enroute to the rendezvous point over the Mediterranean. The KC-135R are accompanying other aircraft to Kuwait on the longest fighter deployment since the Vietnam War

CAPT. Shane Ostler, co-pilot, flies a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 10...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

High over Germany three German F-4F Phantoms form up off the right wing of a KC-135R Stratotanker as they wait for their turn to refuel. The KC-135R is from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England

High over Germany three German F-4F Phantoms form up off the right win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A German F-4F Phantom descends from the boom of a KC-135R somewhere over Germany. The KC-135R is from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England

A German F-4F Phantom descends from the boom of a KC-135R somewhere ov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

High over Germany a pair of German F-4F Phantoms fly off the left wing of a KC-135R Stratotanker after receiving fuel. The KC-135R is from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England

High over Germany a pair of German F-4F Phantoms fly off the left wing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A French Air Force Mirage 2000C drops away from a United States Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) after refueling during a Combat Patrol mission while participating in NATO Operation Allied Force. The KC-135R is based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England but is being flown by a crew deployed from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Tankers from RAF Mildenhall make-up a large portion of the tanker forces supporting NATO aircraft during NATO Operation Allied Force

A French Air Force Mirage 2000C drops away from a United States Air Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Head-on view of a French Air Force Mirage 2000C as it approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) to refuel during a Combat Patrol mission while participating in NATO Operation Allied Force. The KC-135R is based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England but is being flown by a crew deployed from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Tankers from RAF Mildenhall make-up a large portion of the tanker forces supporting NATO aircraft during NATO Operation Allied Force

Head-on view of a French Air Force Mirage 2000C as it approaches a U.S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Head-on view of a United States Air Forces Europe F-16C during a Combat Air Patrol mission in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. The F-16C Fighting Falcon is from the 510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards", Aviano Air Base, Italy and is carrying a full combat load to include AIM-120 missiles, drop tanks and a electronic jamming pod. The F-16 is positioning itself behind a KC-135R (not shown) to refuel. The KC-135R is flying from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The KC-135R is deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Tankers based at RAF Mildenhall as well as those deployed to the base from stateside bases make up a large portion...

Head-on view of a United States Air Forces Europe F-16C during a Comba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Head-on view of a United States Air Forces Europe F-16C during a Combat Air Patrol mission in support of NATO Operation Allied ... More

A head-on view of a German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany as it approaches the fefueling drogue a United States Air Forces Europe KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) of the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing. Note the extended refueling probe on the starboard side of the forward fuselage. JbG-32 or Fighter-Bomber Wing Thirty-Two is one of the German Air Forces premier combat aircraft wings. The KC-135R is assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington but is deployed to Royal Air Force Mildenhall to bolster the 100th AEW in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Both assigned tankers and deployed tankers flying from RAF Mildenhall make up a ...

A head-on view of a German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A head-on view of a German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany as it approaches the fefueling drogue a Unite... More

A German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany, with an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile attached to the wing and an AGM-88 HARM air-to-ground missile attached to the underside of the fuselage heads back towards its patrol area after refueling from a United States Air Forces Europe KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) of the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing. JbG-32 or Fighter-Bomber Wing Thirty-Two is one of the German Air Forces premier combat aircraft wings. The KC-135R is assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington but is deployed to Royal Air Force Mildenhall to bolster the 100th AEW in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Both assigned...

A German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany, with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A German Air Force Panavia Tornado of JbG-32, Lechfeld, Germany, with an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile attached to the wi... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Blaise Rohan, KC-135R Boom Operator, from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, refuels a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft (not shown) from the 7th Air Lift Sqadron, 62nd Air Lift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, during a refueling mission over the South China Sea in support of an India earthquake support mission, the aircraft was carrying 13,000lbs of tents and blankets. The KC-135R is from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, piloted by US Air Force Captain John Deyarmon, Co-pilot, US Air Force First Lieutenant Darrin Blume and SRA Blaise Rohan, Boom Operator

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Blaise Rohan, KC-135R Boom Operator, from t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Marvin Krause, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Co... More

A KC-135R Stratotanker sits on the rain soaked ramp of a forward operating location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-135R can offload 50 percent more fuel, is 25 percent more fuel-efficient, and costs 25 percent less to operate. It is also 96 percent quieter than the earlier versions of the same aircraft

A KC-135R Stratotanker sits on the rain soaked ramp of a forward opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael R. Nixon, USAF Relea... More

As a tribute to September 11, 2001 Fairchild Air Force Base painted"Let's Roll", as nose art on the 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Commander's KC-135R Stratotanker. This nose art will remain on the KC-135R until September 11, 2002."LetΘs Roll,"the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning. In the background is a B-52G Stratofortress

As a tribute to September 11, 2001 Fairchild Air Force Base painted"Le...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SR... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Al Fletcher, 91st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), shows Jeff Hart of Bryant, Arkansas (AR), the fueling tanks inside the KC-135R Stratotanker used to refuel aircraft in flight. The KC-135R is at Little Rock AFB as a display for the Heroes of the Heartland Air Show

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Al Fletcher, 91st Air Refuel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Katrina Shellman, USAF Releas... More

117th Air Refueling Wing Refuels U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle

117th Air Refueling Wing Refuels U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle

A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Alabama refuels an F-15 Strike Eagle from the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base at an undisclosed location June 21, 2007. (U.S. Air... More

F-16 Fighting Falcon, US Air Force Photo

F-16 Fighting Falcon, US Air Force Photo

A 177th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon flies alongside a 108th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker after getting refueled Aug. 1, 2008. Both units are with the New Jersey Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Na... More

KC-135 - Air National Guard photo

KC-135 - Air National Guard photo

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard in front of the main hangar in Sioux City, Iowa on June 29, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by: Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot... More

AMC team earns Air Force recognition for efficiency, effectiveness; recognizes command's continuing efforts

AMC team earns Air Force recognition for efficiency, effectiveness; re...

Mike Ashmore, left, and Philip Romero, Eco Wash Team members from Pratt & Whitney, Dallas, install the wash hose of an ECO System to the front of a CFM International CFM56 engine (F108 military designation) on ... More

Capt. Jacob Johnson, a pilot from the 191st Air Refueling

Capt. Jacob Johnson, a pilot from the 191st Air Refueling

Capt. Jacob Johnson, a pilot from the 191st Air Refueling Squadron, Utah Air National Guard completes the preflight check on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker before a night refueling mission with three Rockwell B1-... More

Ground maintenance crews from the 101st Air Refueling

Ground maintenance crews from the 101st Air Refueling

Ground maintenance crews from the 101st Air Refueling Wing remove snow from ramp the morning after a storm. The trucks plow in a staggered formation to maximize the efficiency of pushing the snow off the ramps.

Ice Trails - A large jetliner sitting on top of a snow covered runway

Ice Trails - A large jetliner sitting on top of a snow covered runway

Frozen tire tread imprints lead toward a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft at the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Mitchel International Airport, Milwaukee, in the wake of a winter storm on March 3, 2012. The aircraft an... More

Snowbird - A black and white photo of an airplane

Snowbird - A black and white photo of an airplane

A KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft at the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Mitchel Internation Airport, Milwaukee, awaits crew chief attention to remove accumulated snow and ice in the wake of a winter storm on March 3, ... More

Iced In - A large jetliner sitting on top of a snow covered runway

Iced In - A large jetliner sitting on top of a snow covered runway

Frozen tiretread imprints lead toward a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft at the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Mitchel International Airport, Milwaukee, in the wake of a winter storm on March 3, 2012. The aircraft and ... More

The Geico Skytypers perform in the skies over Joint

The Geico Skytypers perform in the skies over Joint

The Geico Skytypers perform in the skies over Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md., during the 2012 Joint Services Open House.

KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft stand at the ready at

KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft stand at the ready at

KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft stand at the ready at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., The home of the 134th Air Refueling Wing and the 151st Air Refueling Squadron. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt... More

The 459th Air Refueling Wing KC135Rs sit mission ready

The 459th Air Refueling Wing KC135Rs sit mission ready

The 459th Air Refueling Wing KC135Rs sit mission ready in the early morning hours, June 7, 2012.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from 148th Fighter Wing based

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from 148th Fighter Wing based

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from 148th Fighter Wing based out of Duluth, Minn., lines up his approach to the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing from Milwaukee in preparation for a mida... More

Pictured is a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 108th Wing,

Pictured is a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 108th Wing,

Pictured is a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 18, 2012. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

Media Day at Dover AFB, Del.

Media Day at Dover AFB, Del.

Randall Chase, left, a reporter for the Associated Press, photographs Capts. James Blinn, left, and Jonathan Weaver, right, pilots with the 3rd Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., as they perform air ... More

Second Lt. Remoshay Nelson, chief of media with the

Second Lt. Remoshay Nelson, chief of media with the

Second Lt. Remoshay Nelson, chief of media with the 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office, briefs media representatives during the welcome briefing, Jan. 7, 2013, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Media represen... More

Aerospace maintenance journeyman Senior Airman Gregg

Aerospace maintenance journeyman Senior Airman Gregg

Aerospace maintenance journeyman Senior Airman Gregg M. Abrahamsen, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, removes a centering cylinder from the landing strut on a KC-135R Stratotanker in for maintenance at... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 108th Air Refueling Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, remains parked following winter storm Nemo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. ... More

Airmen from the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National

Airmen from the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National

Airmen from the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, remove snow from Winter Storm Nemo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 9, 2013. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

First KC-135R Stratotanker retires

First KC-135R Stratotanker retires

A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 97th Air Mobility Wing, takes off one last time, Feb. 21 from Altus AFB. The National Defense Authorization Act authorized Force Structure reduction for 16 KC-135 aircraft. Tail ... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R dubbed “Raider Nation” tail

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R dubbed “Raider Nation” tail

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R dubbed “Raider Nation” tail number 60-0316 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing; Iowa Air National Guard is on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard facility in Sioux City, Iowa. ... More

Airman Brian P. Kelley, second from right, KC-135R

Airman Brian P. Kelley, second from right, KC-135R

Airman Brian P. Kelley, second from right, KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator, watches as Master Sgts. Daniel P. Kimble, left, and Edward Heacook, center, both crew chiefs with the 108th Maintenance Squadron, 1... More

Master Sgt. Travis Fowler, 507th Maintenance Squadron,

Master Sgt. Travis Fowler, 507th Maintenance Squadron,

Master Sgt. Travis Fowler, 507th Maintenance Squadron, spends a final few moments with a KC-135R he worked on for years. In the Air Force Reserve, many crew chiefs work on an aircraft tail for many years and ha... More

KC-135R Stratotankers assigned to the 108th Wing, New

KC-135R Stratotankers assigned to the 108th Wing, New

KC-135R Stratotankers assigned to the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 31, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Lambe, a fighter pilot with

U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Lambe, a fighter pilot with

U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Lambe, a fighter pilot with the South Carolina Air National Guard, Joint Forces Headquarters, receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 134th Air Refueling Wing, Tennessee Air... More

Creatures are stirring, Air National Guard

Creatures are stirring, Air National Guard

One week before Christmas and maintainers are stirring. As one KC-135 is being moved to the fuel cell hangar, maintainers from the Iowa National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing inspect an engine on another KC-... More

Moving - Air National Guard photo

Moving - Air National Guard photo

On Dec. 18, 2013, 185th Air Refueling Wing maintainers move a KC-135 to the fuel cell hangar on the flight line in Sioux City, Iowa, in order to perform periodic maintenance. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by: ... More

775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron integrates with 128th ARW

775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron integrates with 12...

Aeromedical technicians with the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conduct in-flight training aboard a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee, Jan. 15, 2014. Aeromed... More

Airman 1st Class Richard Wengler, a crew chief seen

Airman 1st Class Richard Wengler, a crew chief seen

Airman 1st Class Richard Wengler, a crew chief seen on left, and Lt. Col. Jesse Ortega, aircraft commander, both from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee, visually check the exterior of the wing on a KC-135... More

Staff Sgt. Michael Andrews, 914th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Michael Andrews, 914th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Michael Andrews, 914th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron sheet metal specialist touches up a new paint job on the boom wings of a KC-135R Stratotanker at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, Marc... More

Ready for take off, US Air Force Photo

Ready for take off, US Air Force Photo

A crew chief from the 185th Air Refueling Wing prepares to launch a KC-135 in Sioux City, Iowa, on April 23, 2014. The National Guard refueling wing, which operates daily from its home base in Sioux City, has n... More

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 187th Fighter Wing,

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 187th Fighter Wing,

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 187th Fighter Wing, Danley Air National Guard Base Montgomery Alabama are parked next to a KC-135R Stratotanker from the the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Alabama on t... More

Senior Airman Carlos Carcamo, 108th Wing Maintenance

Senior Airman Carlos Carcamo, 108th Wing Maintenance

Senior Airman Carlos Carcamo, 108th Wing Maintenance Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, disconnects a hydraulic cable prior to the inspection of a KC-135R Stratotanker wing landing gear axle May 17, 2014,... More

Senior Airman Edgar J. Perez, 108th Wing Global Mobility

Senior Airman Edgar J. Perez, 108th Wing Global Mobility

Senior Airman Edgar J. Perez, 108th Wing Global Mobility Squadron, wipes clean a KC-135R Stratotanker wing landing gear axle May 18, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (U.S. Air National Guard phot... More

Maj. Jeff Schrum, Air Mobility Command Inspector General,

Maj. Jeff Schrum, Air Mobility Command Inspector General,

Maj. Jeff Schrum, Air Mobility Command Inspector General, guides a water urn after completing an aircrew spot evaluation May 20, 2014, at the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix... More

Airman 1st Class Jonathan T. Palacios-Conde, 108th

Airman 1st Class Jonathan T. Palacios-Conde, 108th

Airman 1st Class Jonathan T. Palacios-Conde, 108th Wing Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, removes screws from a leading edge panel during a phase inspection of a KC-135R Stratotanker... More

Military members take part in 16 mile walk

Military members take part in 16 mile walk

The Second Annual POW/MIA walk was held at Veteran’s Park Friday Sept. 19. Members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing gathered to take part in a 16 mile walk as a way to commemorate the Prisoners of War and Miss... More

A lone 108th Wing maintenance Airman heads toward a

A lone 108th Wing maintenance Airman heads toward a

A lone 108th Wing maintenance Airman heads toward a KC-135R Stratotanker on the New Jersey Air National Guard flight line at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 26, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard phot... More

Jet Wash - A large jetliner sitting on top of an airport runway

Jet Wash - A large jetliner sitting on top of an airport runway

A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 117th Air Refueling Wing gets hosed down by a fire truck from the units fire department as a common celebration for a pilots final flight also know as a Fini Flight. (U.S. Air Na... More

Water Salute - A fire truck spraying water on an airport runway

Water Salute - A fire truck spraying water on an airport runway

A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 117th Air Refueling Wing gets hosed down by a fire truck from the units fire department as a common celebration for a pilots final flight also know as a Fini Flight. (U.S. Air Na... More

Jet Washed - A large jetliner sitting on top of an airport runway

Jet Washed - A large jetliner sitting on top of an airport runway

A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 117th Air Refueling Wing gets hosed down by a fire truck from the units fire department as a common celebration for a pilots final flight also know as a Fini Flight. (U.S. Air Na... More

Airman 1st Class James R. Hess, 108th Wing Maintenance

Airman 1st Class James R. Hess, 108th Wing Maintenance

Airman 1st Class James R. Hess, 108th Wing Maintenance Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, examines a CFM-56 turbofan engines’ turbine outlet guide vanes during a periodic inspection of a KC-135R Stratotan... More

Romanian Delegation visits 117th Air Refueling Wing

Romanian Delegation visits 117th Air Refueling Wing

Members from the Romanian Delegation participating in the State Partnership Program visit the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Alabama Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ken Johns... More

Romanian Delegation visits 117th Air Refueling Wing

Romanian Delegation visits 117th Air Refueling Wing

Members from the Romanian Delegation participating in the State Partnership Program visit the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Alabama Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ken Johns... More

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers from the 877th Engineer Battalion arrive at the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Ala., as they return home from a deployment in support of Operation Endur... More

Alabama National Guard Unit Returns From Deployment

Alabama National Guard Unit Returns From Deployment

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers from the 877th Engineering Battalion arrive at the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Ala., as they return home from a deployment in support of Operation En... More

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers from the 877th Engineering Battalion arrive at the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Ala., as they return home from a deployment in support of Operation En... More

Alabama National Guard unit returns from deployment

Alabama National Guard unit returns from deployment

More than 158 Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers from the 877th Engineering Battalion arrive at the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Ala., as they return home from a deployment in support of Operation En... More

'X' marks the spot, US Air Force Photo

'X' marks the spot, US Air Force Photo

Airman 1st Class Johnny Lamb, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, signals to a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot to stop, Dec. 22, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Crew chiefs are the last people to ... More

Airmen push power cart, Air National Guard

Airmen push power cart, Air National Guard

Staff Sgt. David Conner, front, and Airman 1st Class James Hess, Airmen from the 108th Maintenance Squadron, push a power cart unit to a KC-135R Stratotanker Dec. 29, 2014, on the 108th Wing flightline at Joint... More

Members of the Maine Air National Guard Deice a KC-135R

Members of the Maine Air National Guard Deice a KC-135R

Members of the Maine Air National Guard Deice a KC-135R in some harshest weather of the year at 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking season of blizza... More

The sun rises on KC-135R Stratotankers with the 108th

The sun rises on KC-135R Stratotankers with the 108th

The sun rises on KC-135R Stratotankers with the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 7, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

Check it out, US Air Force Photo

Check it out, US Air Force Photo

Senior Airman Charles Boehr, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, verifies that the rudders and flaps are operable on a KC-135R Stratotanker, Feb. 18, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Crew chiefs ins... More

Senior Master Sgt. Michael Nuoffer, the propulsion

Senior Master Sgt. Michael Nuoffer, the propulsion

Senior Master Sgt. Michael Nuoffer, the propulsion shop supervisor with the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, instructs proper safety wire techniques on enigne mount bolts to Airmen with t... More

KC-135R Stratotankers parked on the flight line at

KC-135R Stratotankers parked on the flight line at

KC-135R Stratotankers parked on the flight line at the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Ala., are covered in a blanket of snow as a rare winter storm pushes through north and central Alabama. (U.S. Air Nat... More

108th Wing gets BOSS, US Air Force Photo

108th Wing gets BOSS, US Air Force Photo

Boom operator Master Sgt. Jennifer Bowen, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, operates the KC-135R Boom Operator Simulator System at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 26, 2015. The simulator, ... More

The 117th Air Refueling Wing received valuable training

The 117th Air Refueling Wing received valuable training

The 117th Air Refueling Wing received valuable training during a Counter CBRN All Hazards Management Response course, CAMR. The four day course provided a custom, comprehensive, hybrid program that allows base ... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Doughty (left) and Capt.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Doughty (left) and Capt.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Doughty (left) and Capt. Mark Costa, with the New Hampshire Air National Guard, prepare for takeoff in a KC-135R for an air refueling training mission, Pease Air National Guard Base, N... More

The President of The United States, Barack Obama arrives

The President of The United States, Barack Obama arrives

The President of The United States, Barack Obama arrives in Birmingham, Ala., today March 26, 2015. Obama is greeted by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, Birmingham Mayor William Bell and Col. Robert "Scott" Grant, ... More

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen Mark A. Welsh III

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen Mark A. Welsh III

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen Mark A. Welsh III addresses Guard and Reserve Airmen during the April Unit Training Assembly at Tinker Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Caleb Wanzer/Released)

The 185th Air Refueling Wing Commander Col. Larry

The 185th Air Refueling Wing Commander Col. Larry

The 185th Air Refueling Wing Commander Col. Larry Christensen presents Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. David Miller with a shadow box on the occasion of his retirement on May 2, 2015, in Sioux City, Iowa. Miller... More

First deployment - Air National Guard photo

First deployment - Air National Guard photo

Portrait of Senior Airman David G. Abreu, hydraulic mechanic, 108th Wing Maintenance Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, in front of a 108th Wing KC-135R Stratotanker at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N... More

Col. Robert A. Meyer, Jr., right, commander, 108th

Col. Robert A. Meyer, Jr., right, commander, 108th

Col. Robert A. Meyer, Jr., right, commander, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, has a discussion with Senior Airman David Abreu at the passenger terminal at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June ... More

Senior Airman Ashley V. Chytraus, 108th Wing, holds

Senior Airman Ashley V. Chytraus, 108th Wing, holds

Senior Airman Ashley V. Chytraus, 108th Wing, holds a tablet with an image of her Honda CBR-1000 motorcycle at her home in New Jersey, June 10, 2015. Chytraus, a New Jersey Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotank... More

Cooling the Stratotanker, Air National Guard

Cooling the Stratotanker, Air National Guard

Master Sgt. Steve Wescott, a crew chief with the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, connects an air conditioning cart duct tube to a KC-15R Stratotanker prior to a training flight at Joint Base McGuire-... More

Counting, US Air Force Photo, Air National Guard

Counting, US Air Force Photo, Air National Guard

Senior Airman Ashley V. Chytraus, left, counts Senior Airman Andrew C. King’s pushups during the United States Air Force Fitness Test at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June 14, 2015. (U.S. Air Force ph... More

Members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing prepare to

Members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing prepare to

Members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing prepare to depart during a deployment exercise June 19, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Jim Bentley/Released)

A Utah Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker casts

A Utah Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker casts

A Utah Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker casts its reflection on a recently watered down flight line at the Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, Thursday, June 25, 2015. The aircraft's principal miss... More

More than 30 Airmen from the 108th Wing, New Jersey

More than 30 Airmen from the 108th Wing, New Jersey

More than 30 Airmen from the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, returned home from a two-month deployment in support of Operations Freedom's Sentinel and Enduring Freedom in the Central Command area of ... More

Tech. Sgt. Duy T. Nguyen, Aircrew Flight Equipment,

Tech. Sgt. Duy T. Nguyen, Aircrew Flight Equipment,

Tech. Sgt. Duy T. Nguyen, Aircrew Flight Equipment, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, finishes removing one set of Airman 1st Class Justin Addison’s gloves – part of the aircrew eye and respiratory pro... More

An MB-2 aircraft towing tractor tows a KC-135R Stratotanker

An MB-2 aircraft towing tractor tows a KC-135R Stratotanker

An MB-2 aircraft towing tractor tows a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, into a hangar for a post-wash lubrication at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 4, 2015.... More

KC-135R Stratotankers with the 108th Wing, New Jersey

KC-135R Stratotankers with the 108th Wing, New Jersey

KC-135R Stratotankers with the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, rest on the flight line as the sun sets at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 4, 2015. The Stratotanker provides the core aeri... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Sharon Gilliland celebrates her

U.S. Air Force Maj. Sharon Gilliland celebrates her

U.S. Air Force Maj. Sharon Gilliland celebrates her final flight, also called a 'fini flight' aboard a KC-135R Stratotanker at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on Nov. 5, 2015. Gilliland, a pilot for 12 ... More

Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Honor

Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Honor

Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Honor Guard present the colors during the National Anthem prior to the start of a hockey game on Military Appreciation night at the Musketeers, at the Tyson Event C... More

Members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing participate

Members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing participate

Members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing participate in a banquet and luncheon celebrating Veterans Day, Nov. 10, 2015, and Nov. 11, 2015, at the Sheraton Hotel, Birmingham, Ala. The celebration included speeche... More

Airmen from the 117th Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard

Airmen from the 117th Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard

Airmen from the 117th Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard participate in a Veterans Day ceremony at the Southern Museum of Flight Nov. 15, 2015, in Birmingham, Ala. The event was coordinated by the museum and the Ba... More

Crew chief ownership, US Air Force Photo

Crew chief ownership, US Air Force Photo

The names of crew chiefs Tech. Sgt. David Sales and Senior Airman Ryan Galante are stenciled on a 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, KC-135R Stratotanker at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec.... More

Final check, US Air Force Photo

Final check, US Air Force Photo

A KC-135R Stratotanker with the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, waits for a final check before all the hatches are closed on the flight line at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 12, 2015. ... More

Visitors attend the opening of the 117th Air Refueliing

Visitors attend the opening of the 117th Air Refueliing

Visitors attend the opening of the 117th Air Refueliing Wing history exhibit at the Southen Museum of Flight April 19, 2016, Birmingham, Alabama. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by: Senior Master Sgt. Ken Johnso... More

Tech. Sgt. Emily Werth sounds "Taps" during an annual

Tech. Sgt. Emily Werth sounds "Taps" during an annual

Tech. Sgt. Emily Werth sounds "Taps" during an annual ceremony at the gravesite of Thomas “Pete” Ray as Lt. Col.Michael Metcalf laid a wreath in his honor. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by: Senior Master Sgt. ... More

Local NBC Station Interviews Col. Scott Grant At Southern Museum Of Flight

Local NBC Station Interviews Col. Scott Grant At Southern Museum Of Fl...

Col. Scott Grant, 117th Air Refueling Wing Vice Commander talks to Harmony Mendoza, Alabama's 13 Meteorologist at the Southern Museum of Flight prior to the opening of the 117 ARW history exhibit April 19, 2016... More

Senior Airman Brian Kelley, Boom Operator, 141st Air

Senior Airman Brian Kelley, Boom Operator, 141st Air

Senior Airman Brian Kelley, Boom Operator, 141st Air Refueling Squadron, looks over documents while in flight on the KC-135 Stratotanker. A 108th Wing KC-135 Stratotanker with the New Jersey Air National Guard,... More

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