Exercise WestPac Rumrunner III FARP [Image 2 of 11]

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN

10.16.2020

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Micaiah Anthony 

18th Wing

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group and 18th Logistic Readiness Squadron roll up a fuel line after refueling aircraft during forward area refueling point operations for the third iteration of Exercise WestPac Rumrunner Oct. 16, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. “Rumrunner 3.0 was an awesome, high-end training opportunity for the F-15 pilots of the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons at Kadena. The overall mission was remarkable--we launched 45 USAF, USN, and USMC aircraft of 11 types from five locations, meeting in the airspace east of Okinawa for a major air war fought from helicopters at a few hundred feet above sea level to fighters at 50,000 feet. Ground personnel and aircrew also practiced alert scrambles and forward air refueling operations of F-15 and F-16 aircraft from C-130s, an essential part of PACAF’s focus on agile combat employment,” -Lt Col Craig Van Beusekom, Rumrunner 3.0 airboss, 67th Fighter Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Micaiah Anthony)

• Date Taken: 10.16.2020
• Date Posted: 10.20.2020 01:59
• Photo ID: 6395445
• VIRIN: 201016-F-DM566-0286
• Resolution: 8199x4950
• Size: 23.28 MB
• Location: KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JP