U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Abby Stroup, load master with the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, welcomes Chief Master Sgt. Joel Ellis and Lt. Col. Chad Murray onto the unit’s KC-46 at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Ala., April 16, 2026. Ellis and Murray, the senior enlisted leader and commander of the 99th Air Refueling Squadron, were heading to Puerto Rico to attend the funeral of 99 ARS pilot Maj. Ariana Savino, one of six aircrew members killed when their KC-135 crashed in Iraq, March 12, 2026. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Paul Mann)
| Date Taken: | 04.16.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.22.2026 16:02 |
| Photo ID: | 9633554 |
| VIRIN: | 260416-Z-ZA470-1015 |
| Resolution: | 2400x3599 |
| Size: | 1.5 MB |
| Location: | BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, US |
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