FRIDAY FOTO (January 2, 2015)
January 2, 2015 at 8:54 am Leave a comment
Reflecting Global Reach.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maeson L. Elleman
A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle jet fighter is reflected in the visor of Senior Airman Charlton Hampton during routine, but still risky mid-air refueling near Okinawa, Japan. As security threats and humanitarian crises continue to pop up around the world, mid-air refueling extends the range of Air Force aircraft and the global reach needed to respond to far-flung crises.
Hampton is a boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron.
Entry filed under: Aircraft, Asia-Pacific, FRIDAY FOTO, International Relief, National Security and Defense, Photos, Skills and Training, Technology, Weaponry and Equipment. Tags: aerial refueling, Air Force, Disaster Relief, F-15 Eagle, FRIDAY FOTO, KC-135 Stratotanker, military aviation, Okinawa, soft power, Topics, U.S. power projection.
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