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An air-to-air side view of a 438th Airlift Wing, C-141 Starlifter, flying over the New Jersey coastline near Atlantic City. The C-141, tail #70166, with a white painted fuselage is used to transport senior civilian and military officials. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron loaded cargo

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A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 19th Air Refueling Group of the Kansas Air National Guard, sits on the ramp at RAF Lakenheath United Kingdom, on March 28, 1999. The Kansas ANG aircraft temporarily assigned to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, was diverted to Lakenheath due to adverse winds at Mildenhall. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, participate in the NATO Exercise STRONG RESOLVE 98. Using Sola Air Station, Norway, as home base, the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron tankers fly missions supporting NATO aircraft. The tanker Reluctant Dragon, is marshaled to its parking position on the snow-covered tarmac

Aircrew members from the 351st Air Refueling Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom guide a KC-135R Stratotanker back to base on 31 Mar 99. The tanker, belonging to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing is returning from a refueling track after performing in-flight refueling to NATO aircraft (not shown) participating in Operation Allied Force. This image was shot through a Starlight System

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) and C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), sits on the Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath parking ramp. AircraFort from RAF Mildenhall are temporarily relocated to RAF Fairford and RAF Lakenheath while Mildenhall's flightline is under repair

A boom operator from the 351st Air Refueling Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom lays at his station in the boom pod of a KC-135R Stratotanker on 31 Mar 99. The tanker, belonging to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing is on a refueling track to support NATO aircraft (not shown) participating in Operation Allied Force

Vertical aerial view of a KC-135R tanker with the 911th ARS (Red Eagles) from Grand Forks, North Dakota, as it refuels a B-2 bomber that is on its way to an airshow at RAF Fairford, England. The tanker crew is attached to the European tanker task force at RAF Mildenhall. The two F-15C Eagle escorts are with the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th FW at RAF Lakenheath

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) and C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), sits on the Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath parking ramp. AircraFort from RAF Mildenhall are temporarily relocated to RAF Fairford and RAF Lakenheath while Mildenhall's flightline is under repair

KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, participate in the NATO Exercise STRONG RESOLVE 98. Using Sola Air Station, Norway, as home base, the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron tankers fly missions supporting NATO aircraft. The tanker El Diablo, is marshaled to its final parking position for shut down

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender tanker drops away from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom after taking on fuel 31 Mar 99. The KC-10 Extender is providing in-flight refueling to NATO aircraft participating in Operation Allied Force

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Gaurd, heads a line up of tankers on the ramp at RAF Lakenheath United Kingdom on March 28, 1999. The Pennsylvania ANG aircraft temporarily assigned to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, was diverted to Lakenheath due to adverse winds at Mildenhall. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

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Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE

Base: Raf Mildenhall

Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Colette Horton

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

Eight KC-10 Extenders taxi out to the runway Dec. 20

A 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot

Prinses Beatrix doopte grootste tanker "Esso Den Haag"

Senior Airman Travis Moore, 350th Air Refueling Squadron

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 159th Attack Reconnaissance

An F-14 "Tomcat" engages it's afterburners prior to a night launch off the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in strikes missions over the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

CV-22 Osprey's from the 352d Special Operations Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, assigned to the

An F-15E Strike Eagle painted in the 494th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force crew prepares an F-111F fighter aircraft of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, for a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with laser-guided bombs.

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