Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Flenniken, 6th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator at Travis Air Force Base, California, refuels a C-17 Globemaster III over the Pacific during Exercise Ultimate Reach July 13, 2017. During the operation, three KC-10s from Travis AFB and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, refueled five C-17s carrying more than 300 coalition paratroopers. The C-17s went on to conduct a strategic air drop over Australia in support of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017.

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