MASTER SGT. Steve Butler, a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft boom operator from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, refuels a B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomber Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, over the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Fighter planes and military aircrafts.
The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two.
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Date
04/04/2005
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The U.S. National Archives
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