Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 12.11.2017
Steel workers secure the steel framework for the first KC-46A 'Pegasus' maintenance hangar Dec. 11, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The workers use movable construction man-lifts to allow them to work safely high in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)...
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 12.11.2017
Massive steel rods secured in concrete footings are capped with large nuts as they wait to secure steel columns like those recently erected in the background as the KC-46 'Pegasus' tanker maintenance hangars take shape Dec. 11, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The specially-designed hangars will form a new maintenance campus for the Air Force's newest tanker where heavy maintenance and......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 12.11.2017
Massive steel rods secured in concrete footings are capped with large nuts as they wait to secure steel columns like those recently erected in the background as the KC-46 'Pegasus' tanker maintenance hangars take shape Dec. 11, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The specially-designed hangars will form a new maintenance campus for the Air Force's newest tanker where heavy maintenance and......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 12.11.2017
Progress is being made on the hangars for the KC-46 'Pegasus' tanker maintenance campus as steel is erected Dec. 11, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The steel structure will be supported by the massive concrete footers seen at the bottom of the photo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)...
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 12.11.2017
Steel components which will make up the first hangar for the KC-46 'Pegasus' tanker maintenance campus sit in the foreground as steel erection takes place Dec. 11, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The hangar complex was specially designed for the KC-46A tanker where heavy maintenance and overhaul functions will be performed in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)...
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 12.11.2017
A large crane is positioned to move steel pieces in to place as the first hangar for the KC-46 'Pegasus' tanker maintenance campus is erected Dec. 11, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The steel structure is being erected and secured in place using heavy nuts and bolts encased in massive concrete footers as seen at the bottom of the photo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)...
Courtesy Photo | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.27.2017
F-105G Thunderchief, serial # 63-8299, wears special markings to commemorate the Air National Guard’s use of the F-105 with ‘Thuds Forever’ on the underwing drop tank along with final flight markings in the form of a peach and the date, ‘May 25, 1983’ and callsign of ‘Peach 91.’ The jet also wears the famous shark-mouth associated with the suppression of enemy air-defense,......
Courtesy Photo | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.27.2017
A T-33A Shooting Star shown in-flight in standard training configuration with wingtip tanks wearing natural-metal and early training command markings. The ‘TR-272’ indicates this is a training aircraft and uses the last three numbers of the serial-272- to indicated which aircraft it is. These large markings were quite useful in allowing quick identification of particular aircraft on a......
