Operational Readiness Exercise
Airman 1st Class Tony Gross and Airman 1st Class Laurence Tognetti stand guard in front of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a 354th Fighter Wing and 168th Air Refueling Wing combined Operational Readiness Exercise Nov. 1, 2008, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The 354th FW ensures success of the 168th ARW mission, which is to train and equip KC-135R combat crews to provide air refueling in support of operations in the Pacific region. Airman Gross is assigned to the 354th Security Forces Squadron. Airman Tognetti is assigned to the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder)