An employer of a 442nd Fighter Wing reservist joins Tech. Sgt. Justin Hopkins, a boom operator with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker AFB, Okla., to monitor the in-flight refueling of one of the 442nd's A-10 Thunderbolt IIs while flying aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker. Two tankers and crews from the 465th ARS provided a flight for 442nd FW employers during the wing's annual Employer Appreciation Day, Nov. 3. The 442nd FW is an Air Force Reserve Command fighter unit based at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)