Capt. Al Basioa pilots a C-17 Globemaster III as it receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker June 22 during a refueling training mission over the Pacific Ocean. The C-17 from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and the KC-135 from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, are practicing for the upcoming 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. Photo courtesy of the US Air Force.
I’ve been on both male and female ends of air-to-air refueling sorties. It’s pretty cool. And weird. KC-10s have a 3 man seat where you look down through a window to the world, waving to the pilots as they vector in to gas up. Kind of an surreal experience, all this happening at 30,000 feet and all.
Awesome photo!
this is awesome,keep up the good work, i am so proud of what you do al.