Air mobility in Iraq: Air refueling set tone for air ops for start of OIF [Image 5 of 6]

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09.28.2003

Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Sturkol                                                                                                 

Air Mobility Command

Tanker maintenance troops from the 319th Air Refueling Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., watch as a tanker from the 22nd ARW at McConnelll Air Force Base, Kan., rolls off into the sunset for a night air refueling mission for Operation Iraqi Freedom from a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Sept. 28, 2003. Tanker units from Grand Forks; McConnell; MacDill Air Force Base, Fla; Robins Air Force Base, Ga.; and Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., combined for a short time in 2003 to work together in the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron.

• Date Taken: 09.28.2003
• Date Posted: 01.13.2012 14:24
• Photo ID: 509407
• VIRIN: 030928-F-9429S-005
• Resolution: 2061x1600
• Size: 850.87 KB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)