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TRAVIS
April 1, 2022
All-female KC-10 crew takes flight in honor of Women’s History Month
Heide Couch/U.S. Air Force photos
ABOVE LEFT: U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn Casper, left, 6th Air Refueling Squadron in-flight refueling specialist, waits for an approaching aircraft to maneuver into position to be refueled while aviation photojournalist Matthew Mansell, was on board documenting the operation during the Women’s History Month heritage flight at Travis Air Force Base, March 22. The remarkable ability of aircraft to be refueled while still in flight depends on the skills of in-flight refueling personnel, more commonly known as boom operators. In honor of Women’s History Month, an allfemale KC-10 flight crew from the RIGHT: A U.S Air Force KC-10 Extenders conduct in-flight refueling maneuvers over a mountain range, March 22. The tankers were participating in an aerial refueling training mission over California and Oregon.
60th and 349th Air Mobility Wings flew on an aerial refueling training mission over California and Oregon. ABOVE RIGHT: U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Macy Miller, 6th Air Refueling Squadron KC-10 Extender pilot, communicates with the air crew during Women’s History Month heritage flight at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 22. LEFT: A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender is re-fueled by another tanker manned by an allfemale KC-10 flight crew assigned to the 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wings, Travis Air Force Base, in honor of Women’s History Month, March 22.
