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Lt. Col. Daniel Keeney, 434th Operations Support Squadron chief of current operations, talks to cadets about the KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. After learning about key components of the aircraft, cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky boarded the aircraft to witness an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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Senior Master Sgt. Nicholas Obusek, 72nd Aerial Refueling Squadron boom operator, talks with Air Force ROTC Cadet Andrew Daniel, student at the University of Kentucky, in the boom pod of a KC-135R Stratotanker during flight somewhere above Indiana, March 12, 2024. Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. provided cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky with a familiarization flight where the crew demonstrated the 434th Air Refueling Wing’s aerial refueling capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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Tech. Sgt. James Marshall Jr., 72nd Aerial Refueling Squadron boom operator, briefs cadets in a KC-135R Stratotanker prior to the jet’s takeoff, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. During the brief, Marshall covered emergency procedures to ensure that the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville cadets understood essential safety information about the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., offloads fuel to a P-8 Poseidon assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl., above southern Indiana, March 12, 2024. U.S. Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance WING 11 uses the P-8 aircraft to conduct maritime patrol and reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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Lt. Col. David Mott, commander of Air Force ROTC Detachment 295, sits alongside the boom pod of a KC-135R Stratotanker while watching the tanker participate in a refueling mission somewhere above southern Indiana, March 12, 2024. The detachment’s leadership, as well as several cadets from ROTC programs at the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky, participated in a familiarization flight hosted by Grissom Air Reserve Base’s 72nd Aerial Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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An Air Force ROTC cadet from Detachment 295 prepares to take a video of a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., offloading fuel to a P-8 Poseidon assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl., somewhere above southern Indiana, March 12, 2024. Grissom provided cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky with a familiarization flight where the crew demonstrated the 434th Air Refueling Wing’s aerial refueling capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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Lt. Col. Daniel Keeney, 434th Operations Support Squadron chief of current operations, talks to a cadet about the KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. After learning about key components of the aircraft, cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky boarded the aircraft to witness an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., offloads fuel to a P-8 Poseidon assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl., above southern Indiana, March 12, 2024. U.S. Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance WING 11 uses the P-8 aircraft to conduct maritime patrol and reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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An Air Force ROTC cadet takes video of a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., preparing to offload fuel to a P-8 Poseidon assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl., somewhere above southern Indiana, March 12, 2024. Grissom provided cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky with a familiarization flight where the crew demonstrated the 434th Air Refueling Wing’s aerial refueling capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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An Air Force ROTC cadet takes a photo on his cell phone while flying on a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. Grissom provided cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky with a familiarization flight where the crew demonstrated the 434th Air Refueling Wing’s aerial refueling capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., prepares to offload fuel to a P-8 Poseidon assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl., above southern Indiana, March 12, 2024. U.S. Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance WING 11 uses the P-8 aircraft to conduct maritime patrol and reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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U.S. Air Force ROTC Cadet Cedric Silva, Detachment 295 at the University of Louisville, talks to Tech. Sgt. James Marshall Jr., 72nd Aerial Refueling Squadron boom operator, prior to flying in a KC-135R Stratotanker, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. During the flight, Marshall demonstrated the Hoosier Wing’s in-flight refueling capabilities to Silva and his peers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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A cadet from the University of Louisville, Detachment 295, touches the exterior of a KC-135R Stratotanker, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. After learning about key components of the aircraft, cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky boarded the aircraft to witness an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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Lt. Col. Daniel Keeney, 434th Operations Support Squadron chief of current operations, talks to cadets about the KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. After learning about key components of the aircraft, cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky boarded the aircraft to witness an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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Cadets from the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville pose for a group photo in front of a KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. After the photo was taken, Grissom provided the cadets with a familiarization flight where the crew demonstrated the 434th Air Refueling Wing’s aerial refueling capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., offloads fuel to a P-8 Poseidon assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fl., above southern Indiana, March 12, 2024. U.S. Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance WING 11 uses the P-8 aircraft to conduct maritime patrol and reconnaissance missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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72nd ARS hosts University of Louisville, University of Kentucky cadets

Published March 15, 2024
By Senior Airman Alexis Morris

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Lt. Col. Daniel Keeney, 434th Operations Support Squadron chief of current operations, talks to cadets about the KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 12, 2024. After learning about key components of the aircraft, cadets from the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky boarded the aircraft to witness an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Morris)

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