Posted 5/20/2006
Royal Air Force Flight Lts. James Freeborough, pilot, and Stewart Lawson, weapons officer, position their Tornado GR-4 behind a U.S. Air Force KC-135R/T Stratotanker for an air refueling. After refueling, the Tornado will roll out to rejoin the close air support mission at a lower altitude Ð part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Tornado and crew are from the 617 Squadron, RAF Lossiemouth, UK and deployed to a location in Southwest Asia. The KC-135R/T and crew are deployed to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Southwest Asia, from their home unit 905th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND. Photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung