Photo by Senior Airman Ryan Gomez | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 09.17.2021
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Cicogna, 384th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, directs a K Loader to the cargo door at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Sept. 17, 2021. Boom operators are multi-capable Airmen trained in cargo loading as well as in-flight refueling. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Ryan Gomez)...
Photo by Senior Airman Ryan Gomez | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 09.17.2021
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dakota Griffis, 384th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, performs a pre-flight check at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 17, 2021. Boom operators are trained on how to prepare and load cargo, along with their primary job of in-flight refueling, in order to be multi-capable Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Ryan Gomez)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Colby Hardin | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 09.12.2013
(Left) Capt. Christopher Bruck 384th Air Refueling Squadron pilot and First Lieutenant Joseph Schmerber, 384th ARS pilot, change the altitude on the cockpit dash in route with an air refueling mission in southern Arizona, Sept. 13, 2013. The altitude alerter is set to alarm pilots when they are within 1,000 feet of the appropriate set altitude level. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jessica Lockoski | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 06.27.2013
Senior Airman Kyle Engasser, 384th ARS boom operator, helps Esmeralda Quinonez-Jauregui, 11-year-old leukemia survivor and honorary ‘Pilot for a Day,’ simulate in-flight refueling in an use a KC-135 Stratotanker Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer, June 27, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Esmeralda and her family toured the base with members of the 384th ARS as part of the ‘Pilot......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jessica Lockoski | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 06.27.2013
Esmeralda Quinonez-Jauregui, 11-year-old leukemia survivor, sits in the cockpit of a KC-135 Statotanker Simulator, June 27, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Esmeralda and her family toured the base with members of the 384th Air Refueling Squadron as part of the ‘Pilot for a Day’ program, an Air Force program that allows medically-challenged youth a chance to visit bases and become......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jessica Lockoski | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 06.27.2013
Michael Adams, CAE Boom Operator Instructor, shows Esmeralda Quinonez-Jauregui, 11-year-old leukemia survivor, how to adjust weather conditions for a KC-135 Stratotanker Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer, June 27, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Esmeralda was selected for the ‘Pilot for a Day’ program through a partnership with Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kan. and joined the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jessica Lockoski | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 06.27.2013
Capt. Jonathan Yates, 384h Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and Esmeralda Quinonez-Jauregui, 11-year-old leukemia survivor, stand infront of a KC-135 Stratotanker display, June 13, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Esmeralda and her family toured the base with members of the 384th ARS as part of the ‘Pilot for a Day’ program, an Air Force program that allows medically-challenged youth a......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jessica Lockoski | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 06.27.2013
Senior Airman Kyle Engasser, 384th ARS boom operator, helps Esmeralda Quinonez-Jauregui, 11-year-old Leukemia survivor and honorary "Pilot for a Day," simulate in-flight refueling in an use a KC-135 Stratotanker Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer June 27, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Esmeralda and her family toured the base with members of the 384th ARS as part of the "Pilot for a......