A boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 186th Air Refueling Wing, Meridian, Mississippi, carefully guides his boom (and a C-17 Globemaster III pilot) through aerial refueling procedures near Air Station Barber’s Point, Hawaii, July 12, 2022. Members of the 183rd Airlift Squadron, 172nd Maintenance Group, and the 186th Air Refueling Wing recently returned from Hawaii after taking part in training that flexed the skills required to keep the 172nd Airlift Wing’s global mission running smoothly. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bounds.

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Keywords: -17, 172nd, aerial, air, airlift, guard, kc-135, mississippi, national, refuel, stratotanker, wing