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Two retired airmen wearing orange uniforms sit in an aircraft and look at flight instruments. One points at the instruments.

Boom Operators

Retired Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Billy Meeks and Master Sgt. Jimmy Cronwell analyze instruments inside a KC-10A at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Dec. 12, 2023. Meeks and Cronwell were boom operators on the flight test crew for a KC-10A and were instrumental in establishing boom operations in the aircraft.

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