Photo essay: New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-135 refuels C-5M on first Arctic overflight to Afghanistan
By Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol, Air Mobility Command Public Affairs
/ Published June 15, 2011
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A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., prepares to refuel a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., over northern Canada on June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours after take-off on June 6, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
OVER NORTHERN CANADA --
A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., refueled a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., over northern Canada on June 5, 2011.
The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours after take-off on June 6, 2011.
For more photos of the air refueling of the C-5M, see the
slideshow.