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Refueling Airpower: Tinker Engineers Enhance KC-135 Supply Chain Resilience

Kyle Rehberg, a mechanical engineer with the 76th Commodities Maintenance Group Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling (REACT) lab, uses a 3D scanner to map the dimensions of a KC-135 boom-to-drogue adapter at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 2, 2026. Rehberg's scans allowed the Air Force to create a new Technical Data Package, supporting organic production capacity and enabling the in-house manufacturing of the specialized aerial refueling component. (U.S. Air Force photo by Courtney Landsberger)

PHOTO BY: Courtney Landsberger
VIRIN: 260602-F-QT818-1002.JPG
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NIKON Z 6_2

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VR 24-70mm f/2.8E

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4

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1/100

ISO

8000

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Refueling Airpower: Tinker Engineers Enhance KC-135 Supply Chain Resilience

Kyle Rehberg, a mechanical engineer with the 76th Commodities Maintenance Group Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling (REACT) lab, uses a 3D scanner to map the dimensions of a KC-135 boom-to-drogue adapter at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 2, 2026. Rehberg's scans allowed the Air Force to create a new Technical Data Package, supporting organic production capacity and enabling the in-house manufacturing of the specialized aerial refueling component. (U.S. Air Force photo by Courtney Landsberger)

PHOTO BY: Courtney Landsberger
VIRIN: 260602-F-QT818-1002.JPG
FULL SIZE: 2.24 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

NIKON Z 6_2

LENS

VR 24-70mm f/2.8E

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/100

ISO

8000

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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