A KC-10 Extender sits ready on the runway July 11, 2017 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. A combined crew from the 6th and 9th Air Refueling Squadron at Travis 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


A KC-10 Extender sits ready on the runway July 11, 2017 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. A combined crew from the 6th and 9th Air Refueling Squadron at Travis 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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