Mesa native deploys, helps bring fuel to fight

AFGHANISTAN

02.25.2012

Photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller 

United States Air Forces Central       

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Whynott, a KC-10 Extender flight engineer from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, completes a pre-landing check during an air refueling mission in Southwest Asia Feb. 25, 2012. The 908th EARS provides critical air refueling to aircraft in the area of responsibility, delivering more than one million gallons of fuel to the fight every day. In 2011, the 908th EARS offloaded more than 390 million pounds of fuel to more than 28,000 aircraft, and flew more than 36,700 hours in almost 4,600 missions. The average sortie length for a KC-10 mission in Southwest Asia is about eight hours.

• Date Taken: 02.25.2012
• Date Posted: 03.01.2012 06:31
• Photo ID: 533483
• VIRIN: 120224-F-NH180-773
• Resolution: 3796x2580
• Size: 2.96 MB
• Location: AF