McConnell participates in NORE
Airman Traivon McGee, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, installs a bracket on a KC-135 Stratotanker engine inboard wrap around panel as Staff Sgt. Miguel Verdejo and Senior Airman Gage Stiltner, 22nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance, stand guard for safety during a Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise March 29, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The NORE requires constantly preparing KC-135s for a sudden emergency flight takeoff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)