Fairchild delivers fuel - and inspiration
U.S. Air Force pilots Major Luke Huebener (left) and pilot-in-training Captain Jordan Camacha (right) steer the KC-135 Stratotanker over the Rocky Mountains Tuesday morning. (MADISON HARDY/Press)
The KC-135 (pictured) has been used by the U.S. Air Force for over 60 years and is now an international model for aerial refueling and airplane designs. (MADISON HARDY/Press)
Master Sargent Steve Saunders manned the flying boom during Tuesday's KC-135 Stratotanker flight. KC-135s are the most common aircraft for aerial refueling, and heavily used by the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at the Fairchild Air Force Base. (MADISON HARDY/Press)
Twenty-seven thousand, five hundred feet in the sky Tuesday morning, the KC-135 Stratotanker and Fairchild Air Force Base's 93rd Air Refueling Squadron performed in-air plane refueling and pilot training exercises. From left: Senior Master Sargent Ryan Clauss, Major Luke Huebener, Major Stephen Steel, Captain Jordan Camacha. (MADISON HARDY/Press)
Recognized as the Air Force's only Supertanker Wing, and the largest aerial refueling division globally, Fairchild and the 93rd Wing have become leaders in their dedication. Pictured: Master Sargent Steve Saunders.
SPOKANE - Twenty-seven thousand, five hundred feet in the sky Tuesday morning, the KC-135 Stratotanker and Fairchild Air Force Base's 93rd Air Refueling Squadron were doing what they have for 73 years: expanding the U.S. Air Force global reach...
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