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Transient alert Airmen handle diverse role

KARSHI-KHANABAD AIR BASE, Uzbekistan -- Staff Sgt. Sammy Ayala positions a fire bottle while preparing a C-17 Globemaster III for parking April 28. He is a transient alert Airman and KC-10 Extender crew chief with the 416th Air Expeditionary Group's transient alert flight. He is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Joint effort

OVER THE PERSIAN GULF -- An F/A-18C Hornet receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during a combat mission here April 20. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Don Berry)

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Tanker marshal

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Senior Airman Roger McAtee marshals in a KC-135 Stratotanker to its parking spot after landing here April 5 during the joint forcible entry exercise. The joint airdrop exercise is designed to enhance service cohesiveness between the U.S. Army and Air Force giving both services an opportunity to properly execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement. Airman McAtee is a crew chief with the 743rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

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Maintainers keep Stratotankers airborne

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Mark Lewis removes a panel from an engine mounting strut on a KC-135 Stratotanker here. He is a KC-135 maintainer assigned to the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The 340th AMU is part of the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Colette Bennett)

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Tanker contract award announced

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Abby Hernandez reconnects components of a KC-135 Stratotanker engine that was just installed. KC-135 engines are very reliable and rarely have to be swapped. Airmen at a forward-deployed location recently had to replace an engine on two KC-135s in the span of about a week. Airman Hernandez is deployed with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bruce Hedrick)

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Exhausting work

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Master Sgt. Eric Sherman inspects the exhaust nozzle on a KC-10 Extender engine. The aircraft is assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 349th Air Mobility Wing. Sergeant Sherman is a flight engineer assigned to the 70th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Snowbody knows

MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan -- Staff Sgts. Michael Coakley and Charles McDaniel clear snow from the engine of a KC-135 Stratotanker. The base here received 14 inches of snow in 36 hours. The Airmen are crew chiefs assigned to the 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Westfall)

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Extending the mission

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt Ernest Crider performs an operations check on an emergency oxygen mask and goggles as part of his preflight checks on the flight deck of a KC-10A Extender. The aircraft, including fuel and crew, weighs 370,000 pounds at takeoff and will perform air refueling training over the western region of the United States. Sergeant Crider is a flight engineer with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Extending the mission

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen from the 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here perform maintenance on one of the three engines on a KC-10A Extender. Each engine can produce 52,500 pounds of thrust. The KC-10 can carry up to 75 people and nearly 170,000 pounds of cargo for about 4,400 miles unrefueled. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Extending the mission

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Talbert Reese performs a walk-around inspection before an aerial refueling mission from here. He is a KC-10A Extender flight engineer from the 9th Aerial Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Extending the mission

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Talbert Reese performs preflight checks on a KC-10A Extender. Sergeant Reese is a flight engineer with the 9th Air Refueling Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Boom operators provide fuel for warfighters

OVER IRAQ -- An F-15 Eagle lines up to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a combat mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mark Moss)

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Watchful eye

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- An Airman takes a look outside from the inside of a KC-135 Stratotanker cockpit while preparing for a mission at a forward-deployed location in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Jan. 11. The Airman is assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bruce Hedrick)

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Christmas refuel

OVER IRAQ -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a KC-10A Extender during a combat patrol Dec. 25. The tanker is assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mark Moss)

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Christmas refuel

OVER IRAQ -- An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft receives fuel from a KC-10A Extender Dec. 25. The tanker assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mark Moss)

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Winter wonderland

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- KC-135 Stratotankers from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Air Refueling Wing sit on the flightline here Dec. 21. The Alaskan tankers belong to the only Arctic-region refueling unit for Pacific Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)

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It's all good

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Tech. Sgt. Dave Burts supervises an operations check on the rear flight controls of a KC-135 Stratotanker before takeoff here recently. Sergeant Burts is a crew chief assigned to the Washington Air National Guard's 141st Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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The pump in the sky

OVER IRAQ -- A KC-10 Extender, piloted by Capt. Melissa Nadeau with 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, approaches another KC-10 to transfer fuel while flying missions here recently in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The KC-10 Extender can both give and receive fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Thunderbird refuel

OVER SOUTH CAROLINA -- A Tennessee Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an Air Force Thunderbird recently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marvin R. Preston)

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Airman achieves dream to fly 'into the wild blue yonder'

COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Capt. Stephen Miller (left) reviews aircraft maintenance records with Capt. Terry Tyree Jr. before a flight here. Captain Tyree earned his third aeronautical rating when he graduated from specialized undergraduate pilot training recently. He will learn to fly KC-10 Extenders at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. Captain Miller was Captain Tyree's flight commander during pilot training. Captain Miller is assigned to the 48th Flying Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Lloyd)

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