C-17 refuels over the Pacific
A KC-135 Stratotanker lowers the boom for a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 18, 2010, over the Pacific Ocean during a Total Force partnership mission. The C-17 is assigned to the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the KC-135 is from a Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)