Photo: C-5 Galaxy refuels from a KC-135. Boom operator point of view.

June 25, 2012 Military Aviation

David Cenciotti

Taken on Jun. 11, this image shows a C-5B Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base as seen from the boom operator station on a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 191st Air Refueling Squadron, 151st Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Utah Air National Guard.

Indeed, even if their endurance is impressive, even Galaxy cargo planes might need to be air-to-air refueled in combat.

DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Stephany Richards, U.S. Air Force/Released

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About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

Rhonda says:

December 10, 2012 at 6:48 AM

Hello i was doing some reseach on my dad he is part of one ninety first air fefueling squadron 191st Claud frank Miller… he has a patch on his flight suiet … he had a stroke back in the early 90’s it would be awesome to be able to connect with someone from his squardron…. anyone out there?