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Travis Mass Launch

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Travis Team tankers and cargo aircraft conducted its first-ever "mass" aircraft launch, Dec. 21. The base launched KC-10s, C-17 Globemasters and C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft in succession. Once airborne, the aircraft flew in formation then separate to fly normal low-level and air refueling routes. More than 330 training events were conducted during the flights. The 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis controled the C-17 aircraft during landing exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Rossman)
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Travis Mass Launch

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Travis Air Force base conducted its first ever “mass launch," Dec. 21. The base launched KC-10s, C-17 Globemasters and C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft in succession. Once airborne, the aircraft flew in formation then separate to fly normal low-level and air refueling routes. More than 330 training events were conducted during the flights. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Rossman)
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Travis Mass Launch

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Travis Team tankers and cargo aircraft conducted its first-ever "mass" aircraft launch, Dec. 21. The base launched KC-10s, C-17 Globemasters and C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft in succession. Once airborne, the aircraft flew in formation then separate to fly normal low-level and air refueling routes. More than 330 training events were conducted during the flights. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Rossman)
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Red Flag

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Airmen assigned to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force gets up close during a refueling mission at Red Flag-Alaska 10-1 Oct. 22, 2009. Air Force Reservist Master Sgt. Tony Calhoun, boom operator with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron here, is at the controls preparing to hook-up and refuel a Japanese F-15. Red Flag-Alaska 10-1, staged out of Eielson AFB, gave U.S. and allied pilots, aircrews and operational support Airmen the chance to train and improve their air combat skills to be ready for a myriad of worldwide contingencies. Citizen warriors assigned to the 349th Air Mobility Wing participate in Red Flag and other exercises to remain ready to support the mission and the war fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Rossman)
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The Spirit of Travis

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- "The Spirit of Travis," Travis Air Force Base's final C-17 Globemaster III is the last of 13 C-17's scheduled to be delivered to Travis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Shinika L. Powell)
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The Spirit of Travis

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- "The Spirit of Travis," Travis Air Force Base's final C-17 Globemaster III is the last of 13 C-17's scheduled to be delivered to Travis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Shinika L. Powell)
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The Spirit of Travis

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- "The Spirit of Travis," Travis Air Force Base's final C-17 Globemaster III is the last of 13 C-17's scheduled to be delivered to Travis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Technical Sgt. Shinika L. Powell)
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312th AS w C-5

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Off we go again: This C-5 takes off from the Travis flightline, Jun. 13. Staff Sgt. Robert Rossman, 70th Air Refueling Squadron and Master Sgt. Rob Tabor, 60th Operation Support Squadron, volunteered to take some photographs for the 301st and 312th Airlift Squadron's to use around the squadron and in mission briefing power point presentations. These photos, along with other great aircraft photos are available for use on the 349th wing shared drive. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rob Tabor)
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C-17

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Off we go: This C-17 takes off from the Travis flightline, Jun. 13. Staff Sgt. Robert Rossman, 70th Air Refueling Squadron and Master Sgt. Rob Tabor, 60th Operation Support Squadron, volunteered to take some photographs for the 301st Airlift Squadron to use around the squadron and for mission briefing power point presentations. These photos, along with other great aircraft photos are available for use on the 349th wing shared drive. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rob Tabor)
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F15

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Robert M. Rossman, boom operator, Team Travis, took this photo of a F-15 Eagle, an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the Air Force to gain and maintain air supremacy, flying over Afghanistan, Dec. 11. The Air Force Reserve crew consisted of Lt. Col. Adrian White, aircraft commander 70th Air Refueling Squadron, 1st. Lt. Joshua Hopper, pilot, 79th ARS, Tech. Sgt. David Olson, flight engineer, 70th ARS and Staff Sgt. Robert M. Rossman, boom operator, 70th ARS. The Reservists were deployed to a forward operating location Southwest Asia in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert M Rossman)
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A-10

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The boom operator on a KC-10A Extender from Team Travis took this photo of a A-10 Thunderbolt -- affectionately known as the Warthog -- during a combat air refueling over Afghanistan, Jan. 3. The Air Force Reserve crew consisted of Lt. Col William Featherston, aircraft commander, 79th Air Refueling Squadron, Maj. Christina Soares, pilot, 70th ARS, Tech. Sgt. David Olson, flight engineer, 70th ARS, and Staff Sgt. Robert M Rossman, boom operator, 70th ARS. The Reservists were deployed to a forward operating location Southwest Asia in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert M Rossman)
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Air refueling C-17

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Training Training Training: Members of the 301th Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, take a break from California’s rainy skies and take advantage of the sunny skies above to practice air refueling a C-17 Globemaster III, the newest cargo aircraft to the Air Force inventory. On this flight Lt. Col. Michael Casebeer, C-17 pilot trainer for the 301st, was putting Maj. Sean Pierce and Capt. Douglas West, both C-17 pilots, through their paces including practicing to air refuel from a KC-10 tanker aircraft which is positioned above the C-17 with air refueling boom extended. Also aboard were crewmembers Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Sanborn and Senior Master Sgt. James Benson, both C-17 loadmasters for the 301st AS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Wendy Weidenhamer)
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F-105 Thunderchief dedication

At the F-105 Thunderchief dedication ceremony hosted by the Travis Air and Space Museum, guest speaker Maj. Jay P Wahleithner, chief pilot, 70th Air Refueling Squadron speaks of his late father Maj. Gen. James C. Wahleithner, one of the pilots of the recently refurbished plane. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mary Beth Bemis)
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A-10

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska--The team working on the inactive A-10, winches the aircraft into the C-5, flown by a 312th Airlift Squadron crew, Travis AFB, Calif., for transport to the Robins AFB, Ga., Museum of Aviation Flight and Technology Center Oct. 6 on the flightline. The aircraft was disassembled into six different sections in three days. This was the first time that an A-10A has been dismantled at field level. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Hibbert)
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AES C17

Teamwork: Maj. Andrea Cornett, 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, is securing patient, Senior Airman Courtney Johnson, 349th AES, in the C-17 litter stanchion while Technical Sgt. Paul Rogers, 349th AES, is connecting medical equipment.
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