940 ARW Aides in Rescue
Lt. Col. Travis Rhode, a 314th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, does the pre-flight checks for a training mission that turned into a part in a rescue mission on Nov. 22, 2021. The KC-135 Stratotanker provided air refueling to an HC-130J Combat King II that dropped a pararescue team into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles to provide medical care to an injured person on a container ship. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman First Class Alexis Pentzer)