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    Tanker's first flight over top of the world marks new era in efficiency [Image 5 of 11]

    Tanker's first flight over top of the world marks new era in efficiency

    MOSES LAKE, WA, UNITED STATES

    06.21.2011

    Photo by Capt. Kathleen Ferrero 

    Air Mobility Command

    The mission call sign “Reach 641” is wax-penciled on the windshield of a KC-135 Stratotanker June 21, at Moses Lake, Wash. The KC-135 was being deployed from its home at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, where the tanker crew for the plane flew it over the Arctic Circle and the North Pole for the first time June 21 to 22, as part of an “iron swap” mission along a new, more efficient route from Washington state to Kyrgyzstan.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 06.21.2011
    Date Posted: 06.27.2011 12:25
    Photo ID: 421272
    VIRIN: 110621-F-AB111-016
    Resolution: 2509x1694
    Size: 915.41 KB
    Location: MOSES LAKE, WA, US

    Web Views: 131
    Downloads: 3

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