Brink of Return

Lt. Col. Randy Brink walks away from a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on July 14. It was the first KC-135 he flew since a medical condition grounded him from flying 15 months prior. Colonel Brink is a pilot assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Brink of Return

Published July 14, 2009

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Lt. Col. Randy Brink walks away from a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on July 14. It was the first KC-135 he flew since a medical condition grounded him from flying 15 months prior. Colonel Brink is a pilot assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)