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Filling Stations in the SkyBy Jay Wertz | Aviation History | one comment | Print This Post | Email This Post In today’s U.S. Air Force, Air Combat Command is responsible for the deterrent force that maintains peace and conducts combat operations. Air Mobility Command is responsible for logistics, ambulatory services and deploying military personnel. IFR is the glue that holds all these operations together. As boom operator Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Garcia aptly summed it up, “Nobody kicks ass without tanker gas.” Subscribe Today
California-based writer Jay Wertz wishes to thank the Public Affairs offices at March Air Reserve Base and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for their help, as well as the Air Force personnel he interviewed. Further reading: Range Unlimited: A History of Aerial Refueling, by William G. Holder and Bill Holder; Passing Gas: The History of Inflight Refueling, by Vernon B. Byrd Jr.; and Seventy-Five Years of In-Flight Refueling, by Richard K. Smith. Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
            Tags: Aerial Combat, Airborne Operations, Aircraft, Aviation History, Flight Technology
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One Comment to “Filling Stations in the Sky”
What an awesome article, it takes me back to my days as a Tanker Crew Chief. My tail # 600348 , based at Griffiss AFB,N.Y.
I met alot of great crewmen and went to many places in this world ,with the help of my KC-135 . I’m proud to say
” And I Helped ”
Thank You for the History Lesson of IFR
Ssgt. John T.Bolam (RED) HD
By John T.Bolam on Apr 4, 2009 at 12:07 pm