KC-10s bring fuel to fight

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Whynott, a KC-10 Extender flight engineer from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, walks to a crew bus after a flight over Afghanistan Feb. 27, 2012. The 908th EARS provides critical air refueling to aircraft in the area of responsibility, delivering more than one million gallons of fuel to the fight every day. In 2011, the 908th EARS offloaded more than 390 million pounds of fuel to more than 28,000 aircraft, flew more than 36,700 hours in almost 4,600 missions. The average sortie length for a KC-10 mission in Southwest Asia is about eight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo)

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Four-man team from 70th Air Refueling Squadron delivers fuel to the fight

Published March 2, 2012
By Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla
Air Force Central Command News Team

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- What has eight legs, 90 years of experience and spends most of its time flying over Afghanistan waiting to give away 50,000 gallons of fuel?

No, it's not a really old, generous flying spider. It's a four-man KC-10 Extender team, from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flying aerial refueling missions that provide fuel to aircraft supporting troops on the ground in Afghanistan.

The four-man team consists of Lt. Col. Jeff Whiteman, Maj. Stephen Sila, Tech. Sgt. Chris Whynott, and Master Sgt. Dan Quasius.

All four are reservists deployed to the 908th EARS from the 70th Air Refueling Squadron out of Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

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KC-10s bring fuel to fight