Puerto Rico Air National Guard provides strategic location for KC-135 transatlantic emergency landing.
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan lands safely at 156th Airlift Wing, Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico, Feb. 10, 2016. The 127th Wing was providing transatlantic airlift support to the 1434th Engineer Company, 101st Battalion of the Michigan Army National Guard, who had completed a 30-day humanitarian deployment in Liberia, Africa, when the KC-135 experienced engine trouble and obligated the KC-135 aircrew to divert from their planned route of flight to a strategic location that would secure the safety of the passengers, aircrew and aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Tech. Sgt. Marizol Ruiz /Released)
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