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Caption:
An Air Force F-16CJ from the 78th Fighter Squadron approaches the
refueling boom of a KC-135R Strato-tanker to refuel while flying near
the Iraqi border during a routine patrol mission of the Southern Watch
No-Fly and No-Drive Zone. The F-16CJ is regularly assigned to the
78th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina and is
flying the Radar suppression mission. The F-16CJ's are currently
deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of
the 4404th Wing (Provisional). The F-16CJ is refueling from a 4408th
Air Refueling Squadron (Provisional) KC-135R near the Saudi
Arabian/Iraqi border. The KC-135R refueling aircraft is from the
22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, and is part
of Air Mobility Command. Both aircraft are flying out of Prince
Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The venerable KC-135 is
deployed to Southwest Asia to provide refueling support to United
States and Allied aircraft as they patrol the No-Fly and No-Drive Zones
located in southern Iraq, known as Operation Southern Watch.
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