Tech Sgt. Kenneth Cook, 6th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., practices exiting a KC-10 Extender using a ladder July 9, 2017 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii in preparation for travel to Wake Island. Ladders are used in remote areas where stairs may not be available. A combined crew from the 6th and 9th ARS at Travis Air Force Base supported Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 by executing Exercise Ultimate Reach, a strategic refueling and airdrop mission in which three KC-10s refueled five C-17 Globemaster IIIs carrying Army, Australian and Canadian
Tech Sgt. Kenneth Cook, 6th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., practices exiting a KC-10 Extender using a ladder July 9, 2017 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii in preparation for travel to Wake Island. Ladders are used in remote areas where stairs may not be available. A combined crew from the 6th and 9th ARS at Travis Air Force Base supported Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 by executing Exercise Ultimate Reach, a strategic refueling and airdrop mission in which three KC-10s refueled five C-17 Globemaster IIIs carrying Army, Australian and Canadian paratroopers prior to an airdrop. TS 17 is a biennial exercise in Australia that focuses on bilateral military training between Pacific Command forces and the Australian Defence Force to improve combat readiness, increase interoperability, maximize combined training opportunities and conduct maritime prepositioning and logistics operations in the Pacific.
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