Reserve refuelers participate in first exercise

Tech. Sgt. Larry Flook marshals in a KC-135 Stratotanker at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam after completing a sortie in support of an Exercise Jan. 9. During the exercise the tanker off loaded over 90,000 lbs of fuel to support the 23rd Expeditionary Bomber Squadron B-52 Stratofortress long duration mission. The KC-135 Stratotanker provides the core Air refueling capability for the United States Air Force and has excelled in this role for more than 50 years. The success of this exercise depends largely on support received from the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind tanker unit deployed to Andersen. This is one of the first exercises the tankers have participated in over the Pacific since assuming the refueling operations in early Jan. 2009. Sgt Flook is a 434th ARW crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald) released

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