KC-135R - Drogue check

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska—Master Sgt. Steven Forgue inspects a drogue refueling basket on a KC-135R Stratotanker before taking off for a refueling mission in support of Cooperative Cope Thunder 2004-01 here July 21. Sergeant Forgue is a boom operator with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Air Refueling Squadron.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)