Staff Sgt. Michael Smith, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, in-flight refueling operator, performs an air-refueling system check on the boom of a KC-10 Extender, Feb. 29. Smith was part of an all black crew flying together commemorating African-American History Month, paying tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen that paved the way. Smith is deployed from McGuire AFB, , and hails from Baltimore.

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