KC-135 - Air refueling missions essential to ground troops

SOUTHWEST ASIA—Capt. Scott Meyer waits for permission to take off from a forward-deployed location. He is a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and is from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. He flies air refueling missions almost daily over Afghanistan and Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Jacobs)