Shogun-Refueling China mission
Capt. John Tucker, assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, prepares to engage a C-17 Globemaster III in aerial refueling with a KC-135 from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, while en route to China May 17, 2008. A U.S. Pacific Command mission employed one C-17 from the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam and another from the 3rd Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, to deliver nearly 200,000 pounds of cargo in the wake of a devastating earthquake. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais)