News>Photo essay: Whiteman crews practice 'hot pit' refueling
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Dewayne Magnuson and Senior Airman James White work together to perform a hot pit refuel on an A-10 Thunderbolt II Dec. 8, 2010, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The Air Force Reserve Command's 442nd Fighter Wing crews are practicing this procedure to keep their skills sharp. Mr Magnuson is an air reserve technician with the 442nd FW and Airman White is a fuels operator with the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)
by Senior Airman Kenny Holston
509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
12/9/2010 - WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AFNS) -- Technicians with the Air Force Reserve Command's 442nd Fighter Wing practice hot pit refueling with A-10 Thunderbolts II Dec. 8 here. Hot pit refueling is a procedure usually performed in a combat situation to rapidly refuel aircraft.
