Honorary Boom Operator

Mr. Dave Wenz learns what it is like to be a boom operator of a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission in late July 2009. Mr. Wenz is a Special Olympics Board member and the honorary commander of the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. He and other honorary commanders of units at McConnell were invited to see a KC-135 mission given to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the active-duty host unit at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Suttles)

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Honorary Boom Operator

Published Aug. 3, 2009

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Mr. Dave Wenz learns what it is like to be a boom operator of a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission in late July 2009. Mr. Wenz is a Special Olympics Board member and the honorary commander of the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. He and other honorary commanders of units at McConnell were invited to see a KC-135 mission given to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the active-duty host unit at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Suttles)