Senior Airman Jonathan Mellon shows Ann Gottlieb and Amy Reeves how to refuel a KC-10 Extender from a 93rd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker during a spouses orientation flight over Washington and Oregon Nov. 7, 2012. Fairchild spouses flew as part of an ongoing program designed to orient them with what it means to be an Airman. Participants wore their respective husband’s flight suits adding to the overall realness of the experience. Mellon is a 93rd ARS boom operator. Gottlieb is the wife of Capt. Derek Gottlieb and Reeves is the wife of 1st Lt. Cary Reeves, both 93rd ARS pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)

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Lt. Col. Patrick O’Brien addresses Fairchild spouses before their orientation flight at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 7, 2012. Fairchild spouses flew in a KC-135 Stratotanker as part of an ongoing program designed to orient them with what it means to be an Airman. Participants wore their respective husband’s flight suits adding to the overall realness of the experience. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)

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Senior Airmen Cameron Bilyeu and Jonathan Mellon pose with the chocolate chip cookies they made for the spouses who flew in a KC-135 Stratotanker during a spouses orientation flight over Washington and Oregon Nov. 7, 2012. Fairchild spouses flew as part of an ongoing program designed to orient them with what it means to be an Airman. Participants wore their respective husband’s flight suits adding to the overall realness of the experience. Bilyeu and Mellon are 93rd Air Refueling Squadron boom operators. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)

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A KC-10 Extender from the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., refuels from a 93rd Air Refueling Squadron’s KC-135 Stratotanker during a spouses orientation flight over Washington and Oregon Nov. 7, 2012. Fairchild spouses flew as part of an ongoing program designed to orient them with what it means to be an Airman. Participants wore their respective husband’s flight suits adding to the overall realness of the experience. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)

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Senior Airman Jonathan Mellon shows Ann Greer how to operate the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a spouses orientation flight over Washington and Oregon Nov. 7, 2012. Fairchild spouses flew as part of an ongoing program designed to orient them with what it means to be an Airman. Participants wore their respective husband’s flight suits adding to the overall realness of the experience. Mellon is a 93rd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator and Greer is the wife of Capt. Adam Greer also from the 93rd ARS and a pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)

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Fairchild spouses experience mission first-hand

Published Nov. 9, 2012
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Fairchild spouses flew in a KC-135 Stratotanker Nov. 7 in an ongoing program designed to orient them with what it means to be an Airman here.

Participants wore their respective husband's flight suits adding to the overall realness of the experience.