Descent Check into Estonia
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dominique Clerkley, a boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, performs a descent check before landing at Amari Air Base, Estonia on June 3, 2013, during Saber Strike. The KC-1345 provided aerial refueling to A-10C’s assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron during the exercise with the Estonian Air Force and Maryland Air National Guard. Saber Strike 2013 is a multinational exercise involving approximately 2,000 personnel from 14 countries and is designed to improve NATO interoperability and strengthen the relationships between military forces of the U.S., Estonia and other participating nations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes). Original public domain image from Flickr