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Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Capt. Russ Baker, assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, looks out the cockpit windows of his crew’s CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker while performing refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet peels away from a CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker as RCAF Airmen assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet makes initial contact with a CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker nozzle as RCAF Airmen assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in a CF-18 Hornet pull up to a CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker as RCAF Airmen assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Three Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets pull up to a CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker as RCAF Airmen assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets pull up to a CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker as RCAF Airmen assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Royal Canadian Air Force Sgt. Oliver Beaudry, a loadmaster assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, monitors refueling operations from a window of a CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Royal Canadian Air Force captains Russ Baker, and Andrew Williams, both assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Royal Canadian Air Force captains Russ Baker, left, Andrew Williams, and Adam Rutledge, all assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, conduct a pre-flight briefing aboard their CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker before refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Royal Canadian Air Force Sgt. Oliver Beaudry, a loadmaster assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, performs pre-flight checks before refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Royal Canadian Air Force pilots Capt. Russ Baker, left, and Capt. Andrew Williams, both assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform pre-flight checks before refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris refueling tanker of the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, sits on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, before a sortie during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. forces, provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.

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Refueling Operations with the Royal Canadian Air Force

Published Aug. 20, 2019
By Justin Connaher
JBER Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --

Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen assigned to the 437th Transport Squadron based out of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada, perform refueling operations in training airspace over Alaska during the Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 exercise, Aug. 15, 2019

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