Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.23.2024
Roughly half of the Indiana ESGR 2024 Bosslift attendees pose for a group photo in front of a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, before climbing aboard to accompany the aircrew on their mission, August 23, 2024. The mission that the attendees witnessed included air refueling for an F-16 Falcon as well as a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alexis......
Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.23.2024
A boom operator assigned to the 74th Air Refueling Squadron, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, talks to an attendee of the Indiana ESGR 2024 Bosslift event while in the boom pod of a KC-135R Stratotanker, August 23, 2024. During the event, attendees had the opportunity to witness air refueling of an F-16 Falcon, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, as well as a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to......
Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.23.2024
A civilian takes a photo of an F-16 Falcon assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing out of a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker during an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve "Bosslift", August 23, 2024. Bosslifts are designed to showcase the Department of Defense's appreciation for employers that enable their part-time service members to succeed in and out of uniform. (U.S. Air......
Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.23.2024
A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, makes contact with the boom of a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, somewhere over Indiana, August 23, 2024. The tanker unit hosted an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve event which included a "bosslift" which allowed employers of reservists and......
Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.23.2024
A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, prepares to be refueled by a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker out of Grissom Air Reserve Base, somewhere over Indiana, August 23, 2024. The tanker unit hosted an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve event which included a "bosslift" which allowed employers of reservists and......
Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.23.2024
A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, prepares to be refueled by a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker out of Grissom Air Reserve Base, somewhere over Indiana, August 23, 2024. The tanker unit hosted an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve event which included a "bosslift" which allowed employers of reservists and......
Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.22.2024
Tech. Sgt. Brandon Hector, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, briefs employers that attended an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve event held at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, August 22, 2024. Hector is a maintainer for the KC-135R Stratotanker and informed attendees of the aircraft's operating capabilities and capacities during the event before servicing one of the......
Photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris | 434th Air Refueling Wing | 08.22.2024
Senior Master Sgt. Teya Vickers, assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, briefs an event attendee on "Meal, Ready to Eat", regularly referred to as an "MRE", during a two-day Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve event held at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, August 22, 2024. On the first day of the event, employers of reservists and guardsmen assigned to the 434th ARW, 181st......
