010430-F-1631A-006. [Complete] Scene Caption: AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Daniel Verkuilen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, consults his checklist handbook for the proper procedure to check the pressure on a tank of Oxygen before replenishing the oxygen supply on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. A1C Verkuilen, an assistant crew chief, deployed here with a small group of aircraft maintenance specialists from the 22nd Aircraft Generation Squadron at McConnell. They and two McConnell KC-135 aircrews joined the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small Air Force detachment at Istres Air Base,
010430-F-1631A-006. [Complete] Scene Caption: AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Daniel Verkuilen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, consults his checklist handbook for the proper procedure to check the pressure on a tank of Oxygen before replenishing the oxygen supply on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. A1C Verkuilen, an assistant crew chief, deployed here with a small group of aircraft maintenance specialists from the 22nd Aircraft Generation Squadron at McConnell. They and two McConnell KC-135 aircrews joined the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small Air Force detachment at Istres Air Base, France as part of Operation JOINT FORGE, the ongoing military mission in the Balkans. "The United States has agreed to provide a force of approximately 6,900 Service member to help maintain a capable military force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No timetable for the duration of Operation JOINT FORGE has been determined. The mission will be assessed periodically and the force size will be adjusted, as circumstances require." Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Le Tube Air Base 125 State: Istres Country: France (FRA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Keywords: 16th, cleared, df-sd-03-02358, eog/pa, fidler, kenneth, public, release
