Airman preparing box
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Ekker, 97th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, inspects the 97th Air Refueling Squadron’s memorabilia box before loading it onto Fairchild’s KC-135 Stratotanker, on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aug. 20. The 97th ARS was inactivated Sept. 30, 2004, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, and is scheduled to reactivate Oct 1, 2019, at Fairchild.