Stratotanker de-icing

Airman 1st Class Aaron Anderson (left), 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Senior Airman Nicholas Handy (right), 22nd AMXS communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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Airman 1st Class Aaron Anderson, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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Senior Airman Nicholas Handy, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman, de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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Stratotanker de-icing

Senior Airman Nicholas Handy, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman, de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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Senior Airman Nicholas Handy, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman, de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis

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Airman 1st Class Aaron Anderson (right), 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Senior Airman Nicholas Handy (left), 22nd AMXS communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman, de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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Airman 1st Class Aaron Anderson (left), 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Senior Airman Nicholas Handy (right), 22nd AMXS communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman, de-ice a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice as well as prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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Senior Airman Nicholas Handy, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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Stratotanker de-icing

Published Feb. 2, 2023
By Senior Airman Zachary Willis
22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Airman 1st Class Aaron Anderson (left), 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Senior Airman Nicholas Handy (right), 22nd AMXS communication, countermeasure and navigation systems journeyman de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker with a de-icing truck at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 26, 2023. Airmen spray the aircraft with chemicals that remove ice and prevent ice from forming during flight to ensure the free movement of all parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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