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Airman 1st Class Scott Bass fastens a safety wire on a drogue refueling basket attached to the boom of a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on April 3, 1998. Bass is a maintenance team member with the 22nd Aircraft Generation Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and is deployed to Prince Sultan in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

Airman 1st Class Scott Bass fastens a safety wire on a drogue refueling basket.

Airman 1st Class Scott Bass fastens a safety wire on a drogue refueling basket attached to the boom of a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on April 3, 1998. Bass is a maintenance team member with the 22nd Aircraft Generation Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and is deployed to Prince Sultan in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq.

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