Hot refuel

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Master Sgt. Kevin Bossaller keeps in voice contact with the pilot as he refuels an A-10 Thunderbolt II. This was the first A-10 "hot" refuel in Iraq and the first time the R-14 fuel hydrant system was used in the hot-refuel process. Bossaller is an A-10 crew chief with the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., which was deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. Air Force Reservists who were on this deployment were recently awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with a Valor Device. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)

PHOTO BY: Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins
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