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  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eddie Culverhouse, 22nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit KC-135 Stratotanker jet engine mechanic, examines a new jet engine part at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 15, 2018.

    Without tanker gas, there is no fight

    “F-35’s (Lightning II) and F-22’s (Raptor) look really nice on a ramp somewhere, but if they don’t have a tanker to get them to the fight, they are no good. They are just static displays,” explained U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Clay Dotson, 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker instructor boom operator. Due to the limited
  • U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft line up on the runway for an elephant walk on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 8, 2018. The elephant walk was part of a mass generation exercise held by the 86th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Milton Hamilton)

    Ramstein exercise generates mass airlift capability

    Members of the 86th Airlift Wing worked together to successfully conduct a mass generation exercise, consisting of a preparing multiple C-130J Super Hercules, a multi-aircraft sortie, and elephant walk prior to takeoff Nov. 8, 2018, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
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