# @usairforce on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNNzQQ9NgBw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33239020-usairforce-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/368d418c2f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-08-11T13:00:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) — https://gondola.cc/usairforce

## Caption

Red glow, full flow ⛽

A boom operator assigned to the 74th Air Refueling Squadron at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, looks out the window of a boom pod during a refueling flight. Boom operators are crucial for long-range missions, strategic deployments and maintaining air presence over vast areas.

📸 by Senior Airman Halley Clark

#KC135 #fuelup #USAF #steadyhand

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 5,763
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- **Comments:** 22

## Tags

fuelup, steadyhand, kc135, usaf

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