A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System here during Cope Tiger '04.


KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE BASE, Thailand -- A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System here during Cope Tiger '04. The KC-135 is assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan. E-3s from Kadena and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, are controlling the sky in the annual, joint/combined multilateral exercise. More than 1,370 servicemembers from the United States, Royal Thai air force and Republic of Singapore air force are participating in the exercise.


Size: 2353px × 3611px
Location: Kadena and Elmendorf Air Force Base
Photo credit: © 508 collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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