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Dover AFB honorary commanders go air refueling

Team Dover honorary commanders listen to a C-5M Super Galaxy training mission briefing Oct. 29, 2014, at the 9th Airlift Squadron on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Seventeen honorary commanders went on a 2.7 hour flight that included air refueling with two Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135T Stratotankers from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Dover AFB honorary commanders go air refueling

Honorary commanders Lori Ewald, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, center, and Dean Dobbert, 436th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, center rear, find a seat on a bus Oct. 29, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Ewald and Dobbert, along with other 436th honorary commanders where bussed out to a C-5M Super Galaxy by 436th Aerial Port Squadron passenger services personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Dover AFB honorary commanders go air refueling

Team Dover honorary commanders and 436th Airlift Wing public affairs ambassadors go up the stairs leading to the troop compartment of a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 29, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Half of the honorary commanders sat up front in the flight deck during takeoff while the other half sat in the troop compartment. Midway through the flight, they swapped out positions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Master Sgt. Marc Gonsalves, 9th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, gives a safety briefing to Team Dover honorary commanders, unit commanders and public affairs ambassadors sitting in the troop compartment of a C-5M Super Galaxy prior to takeoff Oct. 29, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Gonsalves briefed personnel on oxygen mask use, inflatable life vest donning and emergency exit locations within the troop compartment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Dover AFB honorary commanders go air refueling

C-5M pilots Maj. Brandon Stock, 436th Operations Support Squadron deputy chief of current operations, left; Capts. Phillip Amrine, center, and Neal Ballas, right, both assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., slowly approach a KC-135T Stratotanker from behind during an air refueling training flight Oct. 29, 2014. Seventeen honorary commanders went on the flight and observed the aerial refueling with two Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135T Stratotankers from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Capt. Neal Ballas, 9th Airlift Squadron pilot, Dover Air Force Base, Del., keeps an eye on a KC-135T Stratotanker while he helps position a C-5M Super Galaxy up to the refueler during an air refueling training flight Oct. 29, 2014,. Two Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135T Stratotankers from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa. transferred 1,000 pounds of fuel each to the C-5M. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Allan Angel, Detachment 3, 373rd Training Squadron honorary commander, Dover Air Force Base, Del., right, takes a photo during an air refueling training flight Oct. 29, 2014. Capt. Neal Ballas, 9th Airlift Squadron pilot, Dover AFB, Del., helps position the C-5M Super Galaxy up to a KC-135T Stratotanker from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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A pilot's view from the windshield of a C-5M Super Galaxy as it slowly approaches into position behind a Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135T Stratotanker from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa. during an air refueling flight Oct. 29, 2014. An aircrew from the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., took 17 Team Dover honorary commanders, unit commanders and public affairs ambassadors on a 2.7 hour flight demonstrating the air refueling capabilities of U.S. Air Force aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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S. Renee Smith, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations honorary commander, Dover Air Force Base, Del., left, talks with Master Sgt. James Callari, 9th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, right, in the crew relief compartment of a C-5M Super Galaxy while in-flight during an air refueling flight Oct. 29, 2014. Smith sat behind the pilots during the approach and landing back at Dover AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Dover AFB honorary commanders go air refueling

Honorary commanders Dawne Nickerson-Banez, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron; Tom Banez, 436th Aerial Port Squadron; and John Yoho, 436th Maintenance Group, front to rear respectively, walk down the stairs leading from the troop compartment of a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 29, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Seventeen Team Dover honorary commanders went on a 2.7 hour flight that included air refueling with two Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135T Stratotankers from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Team Dover honorary commanders, unit commanders and public affairs ambassadors from the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings pose for a photo near the tail of a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 29, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. During an air refueling training flight, an aircrew from the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, demonstrated their air refueling skills and duties as well as the performance and capabilities of the C-5M and KC-135T Stratotanker while flying at 290 miles per hour and 50 feet apart prior to connecting. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Staff Sgt. Jacob Johnson, 436th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment training instructor, talks to Team Dover honorary commanders Oct. 29, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Johnson briefed the honorary commanders on aircrew decontamination procedures, survival equipment usage and night vision goggle operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Staff Sgt. Jacob Johnson, 436th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment training instructor, center, briefs Team Dover honorary commanders on the inspection process of a C-17 Globemaster III 46-man life raft Oct. 29, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Airman 1st Class Casey Tierney, 436th OSS aircrew flight equipment technician, left, was in the process of performing an inflation test as part of the inspection process that is due every four years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Published Nov. 4, 2014