Clergy Day lifts spirits

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Marshall, a boom operator assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., briefs emergency evacuation procedures of the KC-135 Stratotanker during the 307th Bomb Wing’s Clergy Day at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on May 13, 2016. The Wing’s Reserve Airmen invited their clergy to see the Wing, learn about the Reserve mission and fly in the KC-135 to see an in-air refueling of a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released)

Clergy Day lifts spirits

A local clergy member gets a bird’s eye view from the boom operator’s position in the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a flight out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on May 13, 2016. The 307th Bomb Wing’s Reserve Airmen invited their clergy to see the Wing, learn about the Reserve mission and fly in the KC-135 to see an in-air refueling of a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released)

Clergy Day lifts spirits

Local clergy members enjoy a flight out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La. in a KC-135 Stratotanker on May 13, 2016. The 307th Bomb Wing’s Reserve Airmen invited their clergy to see the Wing, learn about the Reserve mission and fly in the KC-135 to see an in-air refueling of a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released)

Clergy Day lifts spirits

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., refuels a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing during a flight out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on May 13, 2016. As part of the Wing’s Clergy Day. They also learned about the Reserve mission and saw a B-52 up close. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released)

Clergy Day lifts spirits

Pastor John Moden, from the Eastside Church of God, watches U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Marshall, a boom operator assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., refuel a B-52 Stratofortress in-air on a flight out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on May 13, 2016. The 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale hosted a Clergy Day where Airmen invited their clergy to see the Wing, learn about the mission and fly in the KC-135. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released)

Clergy Day lifts spirits

Published May 16, 2016
By Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville
307th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Marshall, a boom operator assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., briefs emergency evacuation procedures of the KC-135 Stratotanker during the 307th Bomb Wing’s Clergy Day at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on May 13, 2016. The Wing’s Reserve Airmen invited their clergy to see the Wing, learn about the Reserve mission and fly in the KC-135 to see an in-air refueling of a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released)