Refueling with a Fench flair
ISTRES, France -- A B-1B Lancer bomber is refueled over France by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 108th Air Refueling Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., New Jersey Air National Guard. The B-1 is assigned to the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Bomb Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The B-1 filled its tanks for the flight home from Istres, where it was on display at the French Air Base 25's Istres Air Show May 20. The KC-135 is temporarily assigned to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small U.S. Air Force detachment located on the French base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kenneth Fidler)