434th ARW trains to project air power

Maj. Andrew Carboneu, 72nd Air Refueling Squadron pilot, left, pilots a KC-135R Stratotanker alongside Capt. Sean Hanna, 74th ARS pilot, during a training exercise, May 18, 2025. During the training exercise, pilots assigned to the 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons performed touch and go's and flying in formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alexa Culbert)

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Capt. Sean Hanna, 74th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, looks over at another KC-135R Stratotanker during a training exercise, May 18, 2025. During the training exercise, pilots assigned to the 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons performed touch and go's and flying in formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing flies through clouds over Lake Michigan and along Michigan’s west coast during a training exercise, May 18, 2025. During the training exercise, pilots assigned to the 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons performed touch and go's and flying in formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech.Sgt. Alexa Culbert)

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Staff Sgt. Logan Nunez, a petroleum, oil and lubricants specialist with the 434th Logistics Readiness squadron, carries the nozzle of the fuel hose back to the fuel truck at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. on May 18, 2025. The crews conducted hot pit refueling of a KC-135 Stratotanker, which is the process of gassing up an aircraft on the ground without fully shutting off all engines, enabling a faster aircraft turn around resulting in aircraft flying again sooner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rachel Barton)

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Tech. Sgt. Brandon Hector, a crew chief with the 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, monitors and assists with a hot put refuel of a KC-135 Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. on May 18, 2025. A hot pit refuel is the process of gassing up an aircraft on the ground without fully shutting off all engines, enabling a faster aircraft turn around and resulting in aircraft flying again sooner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rachel Barton)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker takes off on the runway at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., on May 18, 2025. Three more tankers fall in line behind it to take off and fly with the first jet in a formation flight where they conducted various maneuvers and later performed a hot pit refueling on the ground to fulfill training requirements and reinforce their ability to project air power around the world as needed. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Rachel Barton)

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Four KC-135 Stratotanker Aircraft assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing taxi toward the runway at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., on May 18, 2025. The crews and aircraft participated in a formation flight, conducting various maneuvers and hot pit refueling on the ground to fulfill required training tasks, and reinforce their ability to project air power around the world as needed. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Rachel Barton)

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A small peninsula along Michigan's west coast in view through the clouds from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a training flight, May 18, 2025. During the training exercise, pilots assigned to the 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons performed touch and go's and flying in formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alexa Culbert)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing flies along Michigan’s west coast during a training exercise, May 18, 2025. KC-135R Stratotankers are essential to the Air Force’s Global Reach and Global Power missions by providing mid-air refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert)

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A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing flies over Lake Michigan during a training exercise, May 18, 2025. During the training exercise, pilots assigned to the 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons performed touch and go's and flying in formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert)

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434th ARW trains to project air power

A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing flies through clouds over Lake Michigan and along Michigan’s west coast during a training exercise, May 18, 2025. During the training exercise, pilots assigned to the 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons performed touch and go's and flying in formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alexa Culbert)

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A crew chief with the 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. on May 18, 2025. The aircrew had recently flown in a formation flight with other aircraft and returned to Grissom for hot pit refueling on the ground. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Rachel Barton)

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434th ARW trains to project air power

Published June 13, 2025
By Master Sgt. Rachel Barton and Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert
434th Air Refueling Wing

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Maj. Andrew Carboneu, 72nd Air Refueling Squadron pilot, left, pilots a KC-135R Stratotanker alongside Capt. Sean Hanna, 74th ARS pilot, during a training exercise, May 18, 2025. During the training exercise, pilots assigned to the 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons performed touch and go's and flying in formation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alexa Culbert)

Material contained on the Official Grissom Air Reserve Base Internet Web Site is written and produced by members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office. The award-winning staff includes:

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Master Sgt. Rachel Barton
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434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

434th ARW trains to project air power

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