BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Scott Hinkle, 314th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, gets a shot in the arm from Senior Airman Michelle Watkins, NCO in charge of Immunizations, during a pre-deployment line Oct. 5, 2007, at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Beale's 940th Air Refueling Wing, along with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, were partners in an operational readiness exercise Oct. 5-10 in Mississippi. The three Air Force Reserve Command wings will also work together in an operational readiness inspection scheduled in 2008. The exercise and inspection tests the units' readiness to deploy and operate in a wartime environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Air Force reservists from the 940th Air Refueling Wing, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., board a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Oct. 5, 2007, for a lift to an operational readiness exercise in Mississippi. The 940th ARW, along with the 452nd AMW and the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, were partners in the exercise. The three wings will work together during the operational readiness inspection scheduled in 2008. The exercise and inspection tests the units' readiness to deploy and operate in a wartime environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)