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An air-to-air left rear view of a U.S. Air Force KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling a U.S. Navy KA-6D Intruder aircraft during the multi-national Exercise Bright Star '83

A view from the cockpit of a US Navy A-6 Intruder aircraft as it refuels from a US Air Force KC-10A Extender aircraft. The aircraft are participating in the multi-national Exercise BRIGHT STAR '83

A view from the cockpit of a US Navy KA-6 Intruder aircraft as it approaches the refueling drogue of a US Air Force KC-10A Extender aircraft. The aircraft are participating in the multi-national Exercise BRIGHT STAR '83

An air-to-air left rear view of a U.S. Air Force KC-10A Extender aircraft trailing a refueling drogue. The aircraft is participating in the multi-national exercise Bright Star '83

An underside view of an Air Force KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling a KA-6D Intruder aircraft of Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65) during exercise Bright Star '83

A KC-10A Extender aircraft lands during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

A KC-10 Extender aircraft is refueled during exercise Bright Star '83

A KC-10A Extender aircraft lands during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

AN air-to-air left side view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft approaching a KC-10 Extender aircraft for refueling

An air to air left rear view of a US Air Force KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling a US Navy KA-6D Intruder aircraft during the multi-national Exercise BRIGHT STAR '83

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Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83

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Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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26/08/1983
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label_outline Explore Air Force Kc 10 A Extender Aircraft, Ka 6 D, D Intruder Aircraft

An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is unloaded at sunrise during exercise BRIGHT STAR '80

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies over one of the Great Pyramids near Cairo during BRIGHT STAR '83. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A flight deck crew member signals to the pilot of a Ka-27 Helix helicopter as it approaches the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) in preparation for landing aboard the vessel. The Helix is from the guided missile destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (BPD-554) which, along with the RANGER, is part of a multinational naval force participating in exercises in the region

A right side view of aircraft in flight over the desert during exercise Bright Star '82. The aircraft are from front to back: a MiG-21, F-16 Fighting Falcon, MiG-17 and an A-10 Thunderbolt II

Air-to-air, side view of a 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-10A Extender from March AFB, California preparing to refuel an in trail 60th Airlift Wing's C-5B Galaxy over the High Sierra mountains in northern California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A Russian Ka-27PS Helix-D helicopter becomes the first Russian aircraft to land on board the destroyer USS HAYLER (DD-997) during Phase 1 of exercise Baltic Operation '94. The HAYLER is the flagship of BALTOPS 94

Flight deck crew members stand by as an Attack Squadron 95 (VA-95) KA-6D Intruder aircraft is readied for launch from the No. 2 catapult on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Two Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135 (VAQ-135) EA-6B Prowler aircraft are standing by for launch

The boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft

A KC-10A Extender aircraft from the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron levels out after takeoff during Proud Shield '92, a Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

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 F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

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