Master Sgt Jonathan Duplain

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Bob Stewart, checks the tire pressure on a KC-135R at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, Nov. 28, 2012. Stewart is a crew chief performing a preflight inspection. (U.S. Air More

Canadian Lt. Gen. Alain Parent the deputy commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) talks with U.S. Air Force Col. Douglas Farnham, commander of the 101st Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Ban More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brian Flanders warms his hands at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, Feb. 8, 2013. Flanders is an electrical and environmental aircraft mechanic monitoring a pressurization o More

An aircraft fire bottle sits in a snow drift at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, Feb. 9, 2013. Drifts were as high as four feet on the flight line during the record breaking winter snow storm Nemo. ( More

The sun rises over a KC-135R Stratotanker at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, Feb. 15, 2013. The tanker is parked outside the maintenance hangar waiting to be towed in for a scheduled inspection.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Michele Pfaff (left) and Maj. Bill Dunn (right) conduct preflight checks aboard a KC-135R at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, Feb. 22, 2013.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joe Lozier marshals a KC-135R at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, March 23, 2013. Lozier is crew chief participating in a chemical warfare training exercise.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Heather Johnson stretches before her morning workout at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, May 5, 2013.

Members of the 101st Air Refueling Wing's emergency management team exit a simulated decontamination unit during the Vigilant Guard exercise held at the University of Maine, Orono. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Over t More

Members of the Maine Air National Guard Deice a KC-135R in some harshest weather of the year at 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking season of blizza More

Members of the Maine Air National Guard 101st Air Refueling Maintenance Squadron inspect a jacked U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker Sept. 17, 2015. The maintainers raise the KC-135R to perform an operational More

Members of the 101st Air Refueling Wing stand in formation during an assumption of command ceremony for U.S. Air Force Col. Adam Jenkins as he takes command of the wing during a ceremony held at the 101st Air R More

Air Force Master Sgt. Heather Johnson performs pushups during her morning workout at the 101st Air Refueling Wing Bangor, Maine, May 5, 2013.

A Maine Air National Guard crew chief works to deice a KC-135R in some of the harshest weather of the year at 101st Air Refueling Wing. Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking se More

Members of the 101st Air Refueling Wing stand in formation during an assumption of command ceremony for U.S. Air Force Col. Adam Jenkins as he takes command of the wing during a ceremony held at the 101st Air R More

Maintenance personnel close an engine cowling on a KC-135R at the 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking season of blizzards and snow accumulation and More

Members of the 101st Air Refueling Wing stand in formation during an assumption of command ceremony for U.S. Air Force Col. Adam Jenkins as he takes command of the wing during a ceremony held at the 101st Air R More

Maintenance personnel close an engine cowling on a KC-135R at the 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking season of blizzards and snow accumulation and A More

Members of the Maine Air National Guard Maintenance Squadron walk through a blizzard to work on a KC-135R in some of the harshest weather of the year at 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. Th More

Members of the Maine Air National Guard perform outdoor duties in some of the harshest weather of the year at 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking se More

SSgt. Andrew Sinclair, a Broadcast Journalist films maintenance personnel at the 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking season of blizzards and snow ac More

Staff Sgt. Andrew Sinclair, a broadcast journalist, films a KC-135R being deiced at 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking season of blizzards and snow More

Members of the Maine Air National Guard perform outdoor duties in some of the harshest weather of the year at 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking se More

Members of the Maine Air National Guard perform outdoor duties in some of the harshest weather of the year at 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, Feb. 5, 2015. The northeast is having a record breaking se More