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Senior Airman Lake Lane, a flying crew chief assigned to the 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks the fuel levels on a KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Royal Flush at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 1, 2024. The open panel allows the operator to open and close the fuel tanks to check if the KC-135 is at the correct level of fuel. During the exercise, 92nd AMXS Airmen tested their ability to perform preventative and reactive aircraft maintenance at an increased operations tempo to simulate the environment they would experience during a potential real-world contingency. Royal Flush was a two-part Air Mobility Command-directed readiness exercise that evaluated the ability to rapidly respond and execute mobility fundamentals and non-standard techniques to provide global mobility at a moment’s notice. In a 72-hour period, Fairchild AFB launched 44 KC-135 sorties. This exercise represents a shift from day-to-day aerial refueling missions and planned deployments, to a time when forces could be required to launch all available assets and personnel within days’ notice. As the world’s largest tanker fleet, Team Fairchild would be among the first units to respond to any global contingency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Megan Delaine)
| Date Taken: | 05.01.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 05.10.2024 16:54 |
| Photo ID: | 8397446 |
| VIRIN: | 240501-F-TJ635-1067 |
| Resolution: | 5656x3763 |
| Size: | 2.84 MB |
| Location: | FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON, US |
| Web Views: | 11 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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