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Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, and AIRMAN 1ST Class Fausto Olivo, USAF, (right), KC-135R crewchief, perform pre-flight aircraft checks before a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the ...

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, (kneeling), a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, briefs his crew before taking off on a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the Balkan region

Captain (CAPT) Brad Cook, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker co-pilot, makes instrument adjustments during an aerial refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Cook deployed with about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located at Istres French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the Balkan region

AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker into an E-3 Sentry AWACS receptacle during an aerial refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. A1C Howard, a boom operator with the 349th Air Refueling Squadron, deployed with about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, ...

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) James Spencer (left), 319th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Baker, Maintenance Crewchief, perform a pre-flight inspection of a KC-135R Stratotanker before a refueling mission. The 319th EARS conducts combat and combat-support air refueling and airlift missions across US Central Commands (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) supporting Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, SOUTHERN WATCH, and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) James Spencer (right), 319th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Baker, Maintenance Crewchief, perform a pre-flight inspection of a KC-135R Stratotanker before a refueling mission. The 319th EARS conducts combat and combat-support air refueling and airlift missions across US Central Commands (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) supporting Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, SOUTHERN WATCH, and IRAQI FREEDOM

CAPT. John G. Cushing, aircraft commander of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, flies his aircraft to a designated refueling track where they will refuel a C-5 aircraft during Operation Restore Hope II. Working out of Moron AB, the primary mission of the 380th ARW (Deployed) is to provide air refueling support over the Atlantic to in-bound (going into Mogadishu, Somalia) and homeward-bound C-5 aircraft, which are ferrying supplies, troops and equipment. A total of 332 personnel and 12 KC-135R Stratotankers (from Plattsburgh, Griffiss AFB, NY, and Loring AFB, Maine) are deployed to Moron. (Exact date ...

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Terry B. Kraft (standing), Commanding Officer (CO) of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), checks to make sure the catapult tension is correct prior to the launch of a USN F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during flight operations on the deck of his ship. The REAGAN and USN Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are completing their six-month regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO)

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Terry B. Kraft (left), Commanding Officer (CO) of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), checks to make sure that the catapult tension is correct prior to the launch of a USN F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during flight operations on the deck of his ship. The REAGAN and USN Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are completing their six-month regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO)

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, performs his pre-flight walk around the aircraft, with crewchief AIRMAN 1ST Class Fausto Olivo, USAF, before taking off on a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, performs his pre-flight walk around the aircraft, with crewchief Airman 1st Class Fausto Olivo, USAF, before taking off on a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the Balkan region.

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE

Base: Istres

State: Provence-Aples-Cote D'Azur

Country: France (FRA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Kenneth Fidler, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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A KC-135 Stratotanker, aircraft 60-0359, sits in the

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A US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft, from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), banks away from the deployed refueling boom of an Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (not shown) on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

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