47 year reunion: man, metal
Melvin Cline, Headquarters Air Force Office of Special Investigations director of base realignment and closure, left, reminisces about the KC-135 Statotanker 62-3498 with Airmen from the 22nd Maintenance Group May 23, 2012, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Cline revisited this particular KC-135, now assigned to McConnell, at the end of his 47 year career which started when he was a crew chief on this plane in 1965. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jose L. Leon)