Tankers Keep Fighters Fueled for the Fight During Cope North 21

Credit: Master Sgt. Larry Reid Jr. | Date Taken: 02/18/2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, provide KC-135 Stratotanker air refuel support during Exercise Cope North’s large force employment sorties at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, February 18, 2021. The goal of Cope North 21 is to improve combat readiness, develop integrated humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, and increase interoperability of U.S. Forces, Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or Koku-Jieitai. (U.S. Air Force video by Master Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)