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Lt. Col. Thorne Tibbitts marks the point on a map June 21, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., showing the proximity to the North Pole in the Arctic Circle that his KC-135 Stratotanker crew was preparing to fly (KC-135 route is highlighted in yellow). Colonel Tibbitts is an Air National Guardsman and commander of the 141st Aircraft Maintenance Generation Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base. The KC-135 flew over the North Pole for the first time June 21 to 22, as part of an “iron swap” mission along a new, more efficient route from Moses Lake, Wash., to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
| Date Taken: | 06.21.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 06.27.2011 12:26 |
| Photo ID: | 421269 |
| VIRIN: | 110621-F-AB111-008 |
| Resolution: | 2253x1603 |
| Size: | 1.07 MB |
| Location: | FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON, US |
| Web Views: | 131 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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