Spangdahlem unit supports NATO AWACS operations
Staff Sgt. Mat Grzyb monitors an E-3 Sentry lining up to be refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 13 over Germany. The KC-135 is from the Wisconsin Air National Guard at Gen. Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. The plane can deliver about 1,000 gallons of fuel per minute, carry up to 200,000 pounds of fuel, 83,000 pounds of cargo and provide air refueling to all branches of service and our allies. Sergeant Grzyb is a boom operator assigned to the 126th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Josie Kemp)