100th ARW flagship KC-135 emblazoned with historic nose art

RAF MILDENHALL, England – Col. Christopher Kulas, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, under the watchful eye of Senior Airman William Hickey, 100th Maintenance Squadron, affixes the historic emblem of the 100th Bomb Group – the 100th ARW’s World War II predecessor – to the nose of KC-135 Stratotanker 58-0100 during a small ceremony March 14, 2012. The emblem was first approved in March 1944, when the 100th BG was flying B-17s out of RAF Thorpe Abbots over Nazi Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Austin M. May

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