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A US Air Force (USAF) 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), is air refueled by a 91st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), MacDill AFB, Florida (FL), KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft prior to completing its mission back to McChord AFB, Washington (WA) during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, WA

A US Air Force (USAF) 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), approaches a 91st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), MacDill AFB, Florida (FL), KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in order to be air refueled prior to completing its mission back to McChord AFB, Washington (WA) during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, WA

A US Air Force (USAF) 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), approaches the refueling boom of a 91st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), MacDill AFB, Florida (FL), KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in order to be air refueled prior to completing its mission back to McChord AFB, Washington (WA) during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, WA

A US Air Force (USAF) 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), drops away after being air refueled by a 91st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), MacDill AFB, Florida (FL), KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, to complete its mission back to McChord AFB, Washington (WA) during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, WA

US Air Force (USAF) 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), Rodeo 98 Team members run towards the cargo bay of their C-141B Starlifter aircraft to begin downloading equipment during the second half of the Engine Running Onload/Offload (ERO) competition, which is part of the over all USAF AMC sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

A US Air Force (USAF) 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft is aerial refueled by an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) 349th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis AFB, California (CA), KC-10A Extender aircraft during the aerial refueling competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Shawn McDonald, pilot, KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, 931st Air Refueling Group (ARG), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), McConnell Air Force Base (AFB), Kansas (KS), checks the mission folder while in flight on a refueling mission during the aerial refueling competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) 437th Aerial Port Squadron (APS), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), Rodeo 98 Team members run towards the cargo bay of their C-141B Starlifter aircraft to begin downloading equipment during the Engine Running Onload/Offload (ERO) competition, which is part of the over all USAF AMC sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft Aircraft Commander (pilot) and Rodeo 98 Team member, 22nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 931st Air Refueling Group (ARG), McConnell Air Force Base (AFB), Kansas (KS), looks at the Rodeo 98 Welcoming Team after arriving at McChord AFB, Washington (WA), to participate in the week-long USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition

A US Air Force (USAF) 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), is air refueled by a 91st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), MacDill AFB, Florida (FL), KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft prior to completing its mission back to McChord AFB, Washington (WA) during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, WA

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Mcchord Air Force Base

State: Washington (WA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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23/06/1998
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McChord Air Force Base ,  47.13095, -122.50269
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label_outline Explore Sra Jerry Morrison, Amw, March Air Force Base

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KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

Rwandan refugees curiously observe cargo off-load operations of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif

A left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refueling an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight as another Falcon awaits its turn. The Falcons, from the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, are carrying AN/ALQ-131 pods and missile dispensers

A1C Ken Chambers, a structural maintenance specialist with the 22nd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, removes a rib from the tail section of a Strategic Air Command KC-10A Extender aircraft.

An air-to-air front view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft painted in commando colors preparing to refuel taken from the boom handlers position of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Alvaro F. Fable, boom operator,

A US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat, Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213), Blacklions, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), prepares to connect and refuel from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo tanker, 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during a mission over the Persian Gulf region. Two USN F/A-18C Hornet fighters, Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87), Golden Warriors, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), wait their turn to slide in for aerial fueling. The VF-213 and VFA-87 are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8), currently embarked aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

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Over the Middle East, an US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), prepares to connect for refueling operations with a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 163rd Air Refueling Wing, 196th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Grizzlies, March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The F-18 is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and a MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

US Army MIM-104 Patriot Missile M-109 launcher trailers, from Alpha Battery, 1ST Battalion, 1ST Air Defense Artillery, 31st ADA Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas, are setup to receive launcher canisters, Base Camp McGregor Missile Range. The Patriot missiles will be used for air defense during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, 18 April 1997.(Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-01-04270 or search 970418-F-6655M-101)

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