An aircrew from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron steers a KC-10 Extender down the taxiway of the flightline for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on May 19. According to the 380th AEW history office, In the first three months of 2010, Airmen supporting the KC-10 deployed air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility helped the KC-10 fly more than 1,000 sorties offl-loading more than 108 million pounds of fuel to more than 6,600 aircraft in support of combat operations. KC-10's and the Airmen who support them are deployed from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
Date Taken: | 05.19.2010 |
Date Posted: | 05.22.2010 02:18 |
Photo ID: | 281435 |
VIRIN: | 100519-F-9429S-008 |
Resolution: | 3377x2100 |
Size: | 2.6 MB |
Location: | (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION) |
Web Views: | 31 |
Downloads: | 6 |
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