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  • Father and son train together

    Altus Air Force Base trains new aircrew members every day, but on March 17, a father and son were reunited during a training mission together, 21,000 feet in the air.U.S. Air Force Col. Craig Peters, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, piloted a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker and had the chance

  • Mass training prepares tankers for expedited takeoff

    The 940th Maintenance and Operations Groups participated in generation training with four KC-135 Stratotankers here Feb. 10.This was the first mass practice since the return of the refueling mission last year and served as preparation for upcoming exercises and inspections. “We have to practice to

  • Joint, multinational integration key to refueling during RIMPAC

    Since their arrival to Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 7, Citizen Airmen in the 507th Air Refueling Wing have worked hand-in-hand with other nations and sister services to offload more than 2 million pounds of fuel to U.S. and Canadian military aircraft.

  • Okies support Navy during RIMPAC

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM - Six U.S. Navy F-18 Hornets await refueling from a KC-135R Stratotanker belonging to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., during Rim of the Pacific 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)

  • Reserve spouses watch air refueling

    Mrs. Barabara Jackson, wife of Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, former Chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of AF Reserve Command, captures the refueling of an A-10C Thunderbolt from the boom operator position in a KC-135 Stratotanker July 14, 2016. Jackson and other spouses were given an orientation

  • Citizen Airmen keep RIMPAC flying high

    One of the few common threads interwoven between the twenty-six nations and more than 200 aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 is the need for fuel; a lot of it.

  • Putting the Pegasus through its paces

    As the Air Force gets ready for the arrival of its newest aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft, a diverse group of Airmen is working hard to make sure the KC-46A Pegasus is ready to meet the service’s needs. Lt. Col. John Mikal is one of them.

  • Crosstalks aimed at improving KC-135 service

    Experts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Reserve, National Guard Bureau and the Legacy Tanker Division conducted a customer support visit here and at two other bases, March 14-18, to listen to unit concerns regarding KC-135 "Statotanker" support and logistics.

  • Daytona 500 flyby

    The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” fly the Delta formation over Louisiana Feb. 19, 2016. The Thunderbirds were refueled twice by a KC-135 Stratotanker from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., once over New Mexico and a second time over Louisiana on their way to Daytona Beach,