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Parked on the flightline are 12 KC-135R Stratotankers from the 380th Air Refueling Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY. They are here in support of Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

The crew of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, board their aircraft prior to flying a mission during Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

While one KC-135R Stratotanker is on his approach another sits on the flightline waiting to fly a refueling mission. The KC-135R Stratotankers are from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, and are here in support of Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

Late night maintenance on one of the 12 KC-135R Stratotankers from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, deployed here in support of Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, refuels a C-5 aircraft, from the 22nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), Travis AFB, CA, as it heads to Cairo West (a U.S. staging base in Egypt). 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 unknown)

Visible on the flightline are 4 KC-135R Stratotankers tail sections. The aircraft from the 380th Air Refueling Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY are here in support of Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

MAJ. Thomas A. Sweet, instructor navigator in a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, navigates the aircraft to a designated refueling track where they will refuel a C-5 aircraft during Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

Providing security for the 12 KC-135R Stratotankers from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, are STAFF SGT. Michael B. Royce (left) and SGT. Patrick W. Ross from the 380th Security Police Squadron, Plattsburgh AFB. They are here in support of Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason D. Patton (not pictured), a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, refuels a C-5 aircraft, from the 22nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), Travis AFB, CA, as it heads to Cairo West (a U.S. staging base in Egypt) during Operation Restore Hope II. 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) ...

Front view of a KC-135R Stratotanker parked on the flightline from the 380th Air Refueling Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY. The aircraft are here in support of Operation Restore Hope II. 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 unknown)

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Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE II

Base: Moron Air Base

State: Sevilla

Country: Spain (ESP)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Theodore J. Koniares

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Homeward Bound C 5 Aircraft, Plattsburgh Afb, Hope Ii

A close-up of two C-5s on the flight line, soon to be on their way to Mogadishu, Somalia

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Maintenance Hangar, Arizona Avenue between California & Connecticut Streets, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Maintainers Master Sgt. Brian Champion, Airman 1st

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing (FW), Missouri (MO) Air National Guard (ANG) flies a refueling training mission with a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft from the 134th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Tennessee, ANG

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

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic team "The Red Arrows" performs the Concorde Roll during a practice session. The team spent three weeks at Moron AB, Spain practicing for this years circuit of air shows providing a show for our troops deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Left side rear view of a US Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane on the ground with its rear cargo ramp lowered. A loadmaster assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas directs rapid runway repair equipment from the back of the aircraft at the Hoddur Airstrip in Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Bruce Yargeau, with the 439th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Westover Air Reserve Base (ARB), Massachusetts begins a post-flight maintenance check on a C 5 Galaxy cargo aircraft immediately following its landing at Moron Air Base, Spain in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), 140th Fighter Wing (FW), Colorado Air National Guard (COANG), flown by USAF Major (MAJ) Julian Clay, finishes refueling from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 108th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG), during the second Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Falcon is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile (left) and Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pod under the wing and an Acceleration Monitor Assembly (AMA) pod on the wing tip. The Tiger Meet of the Americas, first ever held in Canada, inaugurated in 2001 in the Western Hemisphere to carry on the Tiger tradition of the long-established...

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Weapon System Officers (WSO) point of view onboard a US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron (FS), showing a second F-15E refueling from a USAF 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, during a training mission conducted during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2002

Long shot, high angle right side front view of a US Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the Iwo Jima Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10). The helicopter crew is from HMN-164. It's transporting supplies, personnel and medical evacuations between the shore and the ship. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

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