Getting a lift to the ORE
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, along with the 452nd and the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, were partners in the exercise. The three wings will also 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)