Refueling the Air Force Thunderbirds team
The Air Force Thunderbirds team get refueled on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the they make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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The Air Force Thunderbirds fly in a close formation after refueling from a KC-135 Stratoganker on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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A flight line of KC-135 Stratotankers await to take to the sky to fly in a formation to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis past a ground crew member as it heads to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest.
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Airman First Class Gregory Schuetz a refueling boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker boards the aircraft before it heads to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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Airman First Class Aidan Clark a refueling boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker uses a flashlight to work through a pre-flight check on the aircraft before it heads to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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A KC-135 Stratotanker’s throttles are photographed as the plane flies in a formation to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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A KC-135 Stratotanker takes off as it heads to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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Colonel Cassius T. Bentley III, right, Commander of the 92d Air Refueling Wing, pilots a KC-135 Stratotanker as it heads to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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Details aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker heading to refuel Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base in Airway Heights, Wash.
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Airman First Class Aidan Clark, a refueling boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker chats with a passenger on the aircraft as it heads to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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Airman First Class Gregory Schuetz shouts over the roar of jet engines as he explains how he operates a refueling boom on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Thursday, May 12, 2022, before he refueled the Air Force Thunderbirds as they made their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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The Air Force Thunderbirds team practices on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base in Airway Heights, Wash.
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Airman First Class Gregory Schuetz operates a refueling boom on a KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash. The LCD screen at the top of the image is not part of the controls of the boom, it belongs to a media member on the flight.
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A member of the Air Force Thunderbirds flies under the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratoganker on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels the Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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A member of the Air Force Thunderbirds flies under the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratoganker on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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A member of the Air Force Thunderbirds salutes as he flies under the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratoganker on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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Chief Master Sergeant Daniel Guzman, Command Chief Master Sergeant of the 92d Air Refueling Wing looks out the window of a A KC-135 Stratotanker as it refuels the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds make their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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The view outside the window of an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker is a distorted persepctive as the aircraft returns to Fairchild after refueling the Air Force Thunderbirds team on Thursday, May 12, 2022, as the Thunderbirds made their way to Fairchild Air Force Base for Skyfest this weekend in Airway Heights, Wash.
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The Air Force Thunderbirds team practices on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base in Airway Heights, Wash.
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The Air Force Thunderbirds team practices on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base in Airway Heights, Wash.
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The Air Force Thunderbirds team practices on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base in Airway Heights, Wash.
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The Air Force Thunderbirds team practices on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base in Airway Heights, Wash.
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