/ Published November 05, 2010
RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Staff Sgt. Ricardo Flores, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communications and navigation, moves a fire extinguisher away from a KC-135 Strotanker after a pre-flight inspection here Nov. 1, 2010. Sergeant Flores marshalled the lead aircraft of a three-ship formation that refueled a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tabitha M. Lee)
RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Senior Airman Nicholas Heyward, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, attaches an electrical power cart to a KC-135 Strotanker during a pre-flight inspection here Nov. 1, 2010. This machine provides electricity so checks can be done before the aircraft is started. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tabitha M. Lee)
RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Senior Airman Nicholas Heyward, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, references a checklist during a flight control checkout on a KC-135 Strotanker here Nov. 1, 2010. These inspections ensure the aircraft is working properly before flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tabitha M. Lee)
RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Senior Airman Nicholas Heyward, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, moves an engine inlet cover during a pre-flight inspection here Nov. 1, 2010. This aircraft was one of a three-ship formation that refueled a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tabitha M. Lee)
RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Senior Airman Scott Kenady, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, tests out communications systems with the aircrew on board a KC-135 Stratotanker, which was part of the three-ship refueling mission with a B-52 Stratofortress Nov. 1, 2010. Each of the three aircraft off-loaded about 70,000 pounds of JP-8 aviation fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
A B-52 Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, La, takes gas from a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker Nov. 1, 2010 over the Atlantic. This KC-135 was just one of a three-ship mission that refueled the B-52 in support of the Falcon Air Meet exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)