Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Gerald James, 60th Operations Support Squadron superintendent and in-flight refueling specialist, operates a boom to refuel a KC-10 Extender assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, during a routine training June 17, 2021, above Northern California. During boom refueling operations, fuel is transferred from one aircraft to a receiver aircraft at a maximum rate of 1,100 gallons per minute.

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Keywords: boom, finiflight, gucci, kc10, norcal, operator, tafb