Capt. Matt Buckner, an F-15 Eagle pilot assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., receives fuel from 58-0117, a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing, during a combat air patrol mission on Oct. 7, 2007 over Washington D.C. in support of Operation Noble Eagle. - USAF photo by SSgt Samuel Rogers
58-0117 is assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.
August 2014 photo of 58-0117 on the ramp at Pittsburgh International Airport, showing the "Steel City Pride" nose art design - US ANG photo by SA Nicole Luben
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U.S. Air Force Retired Master Sgt. Robert Bragg and Sgt. Tom Lacey are reunited with KC-135R/T aircraft #58-0117 on September 24, 2013. Bragg and Lacey performed ground maintenance on this particular KC-135R/T as early as 1967 while stationed at Beale AFB, California. The two recalled memories and shared stories with their counterparts from the 171st Air Refueling in Pittsburgh PA. where the aircraft is still in service today. 44 years have passed since Bragg and Lacey saw each other last. Bragg learned the 171st Air Refueling Wing had the KC-135R/T he once maintained while attending an airshow near Pittsburgh, PA. Bragg posted a story on a KC-135Q website where Lacey found it. Lacey shorty contacted the 171st Public Affairs office and requested if the two could visit the base. (full story here).
- USANG photo by TSgt Shawn Monk
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