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U.S. Air Force pilots and boom operators with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing’s 141st Air Refueling Squadron pose for a group photo in front of a KC-46A Pegasus at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 3, 2023. Left to right; pilot 1st Lt. Ashwin Deshpande; boom operators Staff Sgt. Nicole Stephenson and Tech. Sgt. Patrick Tracy; pilot Maj. Scott Mixdorf; boom operator Tech. Sgt. Bill Vigilante; pilots Maj. Bobby Pico, Col. Bill Liess, Lt. Col. Johann Hintz, and Capt. Brandon Johnson; boom operators Tech. Sgt. Christopher Howe, Master Sgt. Brian Kelly, and Master Sgt. Alissa Anderson. All 12, along with five crew chiefs, made 108th history when they flew their first sortie on the KC-46A. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

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A U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus is prepared for a sortie crewed by Airmen with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing’s 141st Air Refueling Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 3, 2023. Seventeen pilots, boom operators, and crew chiefs made 108th history when they flew their first sortie on the KC-46A. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

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U.S. Air Force crew chiefs Senior Airman Robert Cort, front, and Master Sgt. Brittany Bounds with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing’s 141st Air Refueling Squadron, pull wheel chocks from a KC-46A Pegasus prior to a sortie at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 3, 2023. Seventeen pilots, boom operators, and crew chiefs made 108th history when they flew their first sortie on the KC-46A. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

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U.S. Air Force crew chiefs, left to right, Staff Sgt. Jesse Scala, Master Sgt. George Ruczynski, Tech. Sgt. Leif Eikrem, Senior Airman Robert Cort, and Master Sgt. Brittany Bounds with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing’s 141st Air Refueling Squadron pose for a group photo in front of a KC-46A Pegasus at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 3, 2023. All five, along with 12 pilots and boom operators, made 108th history when they flew their first sortie on the KC-46A. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

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108th Air National Guard First KC-46A Sortie

Published Oct. 4, 2023
By by Mark C. Olsen
87th Public Affairs

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. -- U.S. Air Force pilots and boom operators with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing’s 141st Air Refueling Squadron pose for a group photo in front of a KC-46A Pegasus at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 3, 2023. Left to right; pilot 1st Lt. Ashwin Deshpande; boom operators Staff Sgt. Nicole Stephenson and Tech. Sgt. Patrick Tracy; pilot Maj. Scott Mixdorf; boom operator Tech. Sgt. Bill Vigilante; pilots Maj. Bobby Pico, Col. Bill Liess, Lt. Col. Johann Hintz, and Capt. Brandon Johnson; boom operators Tech. Sgt. Christopher Howe, Master Sgt. Brian Kelly, and Master Sgt. Alissa Anderson. All 12, along with five crew chiefs, made 108th history when they flew their first sortie on the KC-46A. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

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