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Bringing back one of the engines we lost. It was recovered from the middle of the desert. It used to be somewhat round! What happened!

Refueling a B-52 bomber over Mid-America

An F-15 off my wing during a Desert Storm mission

1. Bringing back one of the engines we lost
 

2. Refueling a B-52 bomber over Mid-America
 

3. An F-15 off my wing during a Desert Storm mission
 

A KC-135 tanker in refueling formation with a flight of F-4 Phantom fighters

KC-135 from the Kansas Air National Guard - side and below view

F-105 Thunderchief over Kansas

4. A KC-135 tanker in refueling formation with a flight of F-4 Phantom fighters
 

5. KC-135 from the Kansas Air National Guard - side and below view
 

6. F-105 Thunderchief over Kansas
 

An A-7 coming off the boom after refueling with a Kansas Coyote Air National Guard tanker

F-105 over Kansas

6 USAF Thunderbirds in formation, coming in for a refueling

7. A-7 coming off the boom after refueling with a Kansas Coyote Air National Guard Tanker
 

8. One of the airplanes of yesteryear, the F-106 Delta Dart.
 

9. 6 USAF Thunderbirds in formation, coming in for a refueling
 

One of the KC-135 engines after it landed in the desert in Saudi Arabia

F-15 (fully armed) refueling during Desert Storm

KC-135 tanker taxiing after landing at Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas

10. One of our engines after it landed in the desert in Saudi Arabia.
 

11. Fully armed F-15 flying Combat Air Patrol, refueling during Desert Storm.
 

12. A tanker taxing in after landing at Forbes Field in Topeka, KS ... my Air National Guard base.
 

Greg Mermis, the world’s best navigator

F-111 after refueling, going in on a strike mission during Desert Storm

Me in front of an engine just prior to my last flight

13. Greg Mermis, the world’s best navigator
 

14. F-111 after refueling, going in on a strike mission during Desert Storm
 

15. Me in front of an engine just prior to my last flight
 

F-4 flight being refueled by a Kansas Air National Guard KC-135

KC-135 seen from below the boom ... what it looks like to the receiver pilot coming into refuel

B-1 Bomber refueling over the Rocky Mountains near Taos, NM

16. F-4 flight being refueled by a Kansas Air National Guard KC-135
 

17. KC-135 seen from below the boom ... what it looks like to the receiver pilot coming into refuel
 

18. B-1 Bomber refueling over the Rocky Mountains near Taos, NM
 

Two F-105 Thunderbirds ("Thuds") flying in formation

Strategic Air Command (SAC) Shield

190th Air Refueling Group in Saudi Arabia

19. Two F-105 Thunderbirds ("Thuds") flying in formation
 

20. Strategic Air Command (SAC) Shield
 

21. 190th Air Refueling Group in Saudi Arabia
 

Kansas Air National Guard KC-135 tanker, boom down, getting ready to refuel

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber refueling over Forbes Field, Kansas

A-7s back from a strike mission, on the way back to the carrier

22. Kansas Air National Guard KC-135 tanker, boom down, getting ready to refuel
 

23. B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber refueling over Forbes Field, Kansas
 

24. A-7s back from a strike mission, on the way back to the carrier
 

Navy Blue Angel refueling

USAF Distinguished Flying Cross

Inspecting the wing damage after the successful landing of the KC-135 without the two left engines

25. Navy Blue Angel refueling - notice they use a basket to refuel.
 

26. USAF
Distinguished Flying Cross
 

27. Inspecting the wing damage after the successful landing of the KC-135 without the two left engines
 

The best crew in the air

The best crew in the air - close up

 

28. The best crew in the air
 

29. The best crew in the air - close up
 

 
 
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