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  • Based at Key Field, Mississippi, the 186th Air Refueling Wing took part alongside the 141st ARW of Washington State. This KC-135 took on the call sign of 'Anchor Two-One' as it awaits F-16's from the 'Blue Team' over the Nellis Range.
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  • A KC-135, call sign 'Tanker Two-One' from the 186th ARW based at Key Field, Mississippi takes on four F-16's from the 421st Fighter Squadron over the Nellis Range. Tankers 'Anchor Two-One' and 'Anchor Two-Five' fly an oval pattern above a predesignated area awaiting aircraft from the 'Blue Team' in need of refueling.
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  • Approaching the boom, an F-16CG from Hill Air Force Base in Utah prepares to take on fuel. As a member of the Blue Team, F-16's such as these typically arrive on station in groups of four. Two aircraft on each side of the KC-135R rotate through in attempt to make the transfer as quick as possible in order to get back to the fight. This particular F-16 is from the388th Fighter Wing, 421st Fighter Squadron receiving fuel from KC-135R from the 141st Aerial Refueling Wing stationed in Fairchild, Washington.
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  • A Pittsburgh KC-135 from the 171st Aerial Refueling Wing shows off its nose art with a tanker from the 141st ARW based at Fairchild, Washington quietly sitting on the ramp. For each Red Flag sortie, a tanker is assigned to either Red Air or Blue Air to replenish fighters out on the Nellis Range. Typically, two tankers are provided for Blue Air due to the size of the force and one tanker for Red Air.
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  • LtCol Patty Morales, Capt Molly Marshall and MSgt Sheri Shaw made up the first all-female KC-135 flight crew for the Washington ANG 141ARW on 01/30/06. Jokingly called the squadron's first 'Unmanned' refueling mission, the crew made up Anchor Two-Five tending to F-16's from the 388th Wing's 427th Squadron from Hill Air Force Base.
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  • A KC-135 from the 141st Air National Guard Aerial Refueling Wing based at Fairchild, Washington takes to the sky to begin the nighttime Red Flag exercise. Typically there are two sorties each day with the first concluding shortly after noontime and the second beginning just before sunset for nighttime training.
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  • Utilizing a KC-135 from the 186th Mississippi ANG Refueling Wing, the aircrew of the 141st from Fairchild, Washington take enjoyment from a pair of fuzzy dice iconic of the Las Vegas area. Although 'Sin City' is located nearby and proves quite tempting for pilots and aircrew to visit, the grueling Red Flag schedule prohibits most from making a habit of throwing the dice.
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  • MSgt Sheri Shaw rests her chin while cautiously guiding the refueling probe into an F-16's recepticle high over the Nellis Range. Located in the rear belly of the KC-135, the boomer lies flat while 'flying' the boom into the receptacle controlling two wings half way up the refueling probe. Without the support aircraft assisting red and blue air, Red Flag would be nowhere near as successful a program as it is today.
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  • Captain Molly Marshall adjust knobs on the overhead console while maintaining a heading to stay within the predetermined oval flightpath above the Nellis Range Complex. During the exercise, KC-135 tankers fly predetermined routes awaiting fighters from the 'Red Team' and 'Blue Team' in need of fuel. KC-135 tankers flying with various Air National Guard units throught the US are amongst some of the oldest aircraft still in service.
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  • Polished brass knobs help make up some of the controls of this KC-135. Serving the military since 1956, these aircraft are some of the oldest airframes flying today. While the Red Team and the Blue Team fight it out in the skies above the Nellis Range Complex, the support crews of the countless other aircraft including this KC-135 insure the exercise can continue.
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  • Captain Molly Marshall taps the throttles to stay within the predetermined oval flightpath above the Nellis Range Complex. During the exercise, KC-135 tankers fly predetermined routes awaiting fighters from the 'Red Team' and 'Blue Team' in need of fuel. The KC-135R tankers flying with various Air National Guard units throughout the US are amongst some of the oldest aircraft still in service.
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  • Taking on the callsign 'Anchor Two-Five', LtCol Patricia Morales reaches for the communications panel prior to landing at Nellis AFB concluding the day's mission. Without reverse thrust capabilities of newer aircraft, landing the heavy KC-135 can prove to be a daunting challenge.
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  • An F-15C Eagle from the 58th Fighter Squadron based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida flies alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker flown by the 141st ARW from Fairchild, Washington. The 58th Fighter Squadron as part of the 33rd Fighter Wing is the East Coast based unit designated for test and evaluation operations and work frequently with the 57th Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base.
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  • LtCol Patricia Morales, Capt Molly Marshall and MSgt Sheri Shaw made up the first all-female KC-135R flight crew for the Washington ANG 141ARW on 30 January 2006. Jokingly called the squadron's first 'Unmanned' refueling mission, the crew made up Anchor Two-Five tending to F-16's from the 388th Wing's 427th Squadron from Hill Air Force Base.
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  • Taking on fuel from a KC-135R from the 141st Aerial Refueling Wing, this F-16 from the 421st Fighter Squadron, the 'Black Widows' demonstrates a basic weapons load. On stations three and seven reside two 2000lb GBU-31 inactive bombs with stations six and four carrying extended range fuel tanks. One of the most popular aircraft ever built, the F-16 is utilized by more than 25 different countries including the U.S. and was the first aircraft designed as a 'fly-by-wire' aircraft.
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  • Boomer, MSgt Sheri Shaw, works out the fuel distribution figures after refueling a series of F-16's from Hill AFB. Each time an aircraft receives fuel, the boomer records the aircraft's identification number, squadron, type and the amount of fuel transferred in pounds.
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  • MSgt Larry Stockton prepares to acknowledge aircraft entering the range should 'Challiss', the awaiting E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, have unforseen communication problems. Besides the typical challenges Blue Air faces against Red Air, working together and providing redundant resources is just one of the many aspects for which the US Forces train.
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