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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)

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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

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25/06/1998
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