KC-46 refuels Navy aircraft during ‘Coronet’ missions
Major Tim Bexten, 344th Air Refueling Squadron assistant director of operations, performs a pre-flight check on a KC-46A Pegasus in preparation for the aircraft’s first “Coronet” mission, where it provided aerial refueling support to several F/A-18 Hornets returning to their home station of Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., Aug. 21, 2020, after participating in Exercise Northern Lightning at Volk Field, Wisc. The KC-46A and its crew are based out of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shannon Moorehead)