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Pease crew flies record-breaking endurance mission

An F-22 Raptor waits for gas just off the wingtip of a KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueler from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, Nov. 16, 2022. The KC-46A was performing a 36-hour endurance mission, flying non-stop from New Hampshire, across North America and the Pacific Ocean, around Guam, and back home again. The proof-of-concept operation showcased the ability of the Air Force’s newest tanker to project the force in the modern battle space. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Timm Huffman)
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Staff Sgts. Tamlin Soucy and Alexander Desmarais, engine mechanics with the 157th Maintenance Group, lower a suspended auxiliary power unit with fish pole lifting equipment Sept. 27, 2022 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The Airmen completed the first full replacement of an APU on a KC-46. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson)
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APU Install

Staff Sgt. Alexander Desmarais, an engine mechanic with the 157th Maintenance Group, watches a suspended auxiliary power unit lift into a KC-46 Sept. 28, 2022 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The Airmen completed the first full replacement of an APU on a KC-46. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson)
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Engine mechanics with the 157th Maintenance Group suspend an auxiliary power unit inside a hangar Sept. 27, 2022 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The Airmen completed the first full replacement of an auxiliary power unit on a KC-46. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson)
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Tech. Sgt. John Radcliffe, an engine mechanic with the 157th Maintenance Group, hoists a suspend auxiliary power unit into the KC-46 Sept. 28, 2022 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The Airmen completed the first full replacement of an APU on a KC-46. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson)
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Pease air show a soaring success

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly above the tail of a 157th Air Refueling Wing KC-46A during the Thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show Sept. 12, 2021 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The base hosted more than a dozen performers and more than 50 ground displays and exhibits. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson)
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KC-46 low boom pass

A KC-46A Pegasus, assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, performs a low boom pass in front of thousands of spectators during the Thunder Over New Hampshire air show, Sept. 11. The two-day air show was the first at Pease in more than a decade and brought an estimated 80,000 visitors to the base. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Hayden)
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U.S. Air Force Col. John Pogorek, 157th Air Refueling Wing commander, addresses dignitaries gathered inside a hangar for the delivery of the unit's twelfth and final aircraft to Pease Air National Guard Base, Newington, N.H., Feb. 5, 2021.
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U.S. Air Force Col. John Pogorek, 157th Air Refueling Wing commander, addresses dignitaries gathered inside a hangar for the delivery of the unit's twelfth and final aircraft to Pease Air National Guard Base, Newington, N.H., Feb. 5, 2021.
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Pease prepares KC-46 to support Inauguration Day 2021

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Natalie Belongie and Staff Sgt. Christopher Ager, both assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, load seat pallets in a KC-46A, Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, Jan. 14, 2021. The tanker is one of Pease’s three jets being used to transport about 500 National Guardsmen from New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Nevada to Washington D.C. to provide security during Inauguration Day Jan. 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)
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Pease prepares KC-46 to support Inauguration Day 2021

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Poole, assigned to the 157th Maintenance Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, operates a Halvorsen pallet loader to load seat pallets onto a KC-46A at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The tanker is one of Pease’s three jets being used to transport about 500 National Guardsmen from New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Nevada to Washington D.C. to provide security during Inauguration Day Jan. 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)
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Pease prepares KC-46 to support Inauguration Day 2021

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Timothy Dupuis and Tech. Sgt. Sean Avery, both assigned to the 157th Maintenance Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, load seat pallets onto a KC-46A tanker at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, Jan. 14, 2021. The tanker is one of Pease’s three jets being used to transport about 500 National Guardsmen from New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Nevada to Washington D.C. to provide security during Inauguration Day Jan. 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)
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Pease KC-46 Aircrew In Japan

From left, Capt. Erik Earle, Capt. Chris Schimmel, Maj. Matt Valentino, Master Sgt. Brett Peterson, Capt. Jordan Gauvin, Chief Master Sgt. Michael George and Maj. Leon Rice pose in front of a KC-46A Pegasus, Sept. 8, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Pease airmen executed the first official transoceanic coronet ever accomplished with a Pegaus refueler, which began Sept. 9 and involved 16 aerial refuelings of five F/A-18 jets. (courtesy photo)
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Pease KC-46 performs first transoceanic coronet

A New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-46A Pegasus refuels five Marine Corp’s F/A-18D Hornets with the Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, as the fighters returned home to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. from MCAS Iwakuni, Japan on Sept. 10, 2020, over the Pacific Ocean. This marks the first official transoceanic coronet mission ever accomplished with a Pegaus refueler, which began Sept. 9 and involved 16 aerial refuelings of the fighters. (courtesy photo)
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Tech. Sgt. Ashley LaValley, an avionics technician with the 157th Maintenance Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, briefs Brig. Gen. Richard Gibbs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command director of logistics, engineering and force protection and Brig. Gen. Russell Ponder, National Guard Bureau director of logistics and installations, on KC-46 avionics systems maintenance procedures, Sept. 9, 2020, at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, N.H. The Wing is temporarily operating it’s KC-46 air refueling mission out of the civilian airport while the runway at the Pease International Airport undergoes renovations from Sept. 8-22. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)
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From right, Tech. Sgt. Josef Notter, 157th Maintenance Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, demonstrates using a thermal camera to inspect KC-46 systems as part of routine maintenance to Brig. Gen. Russell Ponder, National Guard Bureau director of logistics and installations and Brig. Gen. Richard Gibbs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command director of logistics, engineering and force protection, during a KC-46 tour, Sept. 9, 2020, at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, Manchester, New Hampshire. The wing is temporarily operating it's KC-46 refueling mission out of the civilian airport while the runway at the Pease International Airport in Newington is renovated from Sept. 8-22. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)
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Pease receives fifth new KC-46

New Hampshire Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Chase, a flightline crew chief with the 157th Maintenance Squadron, marshals the Wing's fifth and newest KC-46A Pegasus air refueling tanker upon its arrival from Boeing, Feb. 7, 2020. Pease is slated to receive another seven aircraft in 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)
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KC-46 at Pease: The future is now

Brig. Gen. Laurie Farris, commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, greets Matthew Donovan, the acting secretary of the Air Force, on the flight line at Pease ANGB, Aug. 8, 2019. Dononan attended a welcoming event to commemorate the arrival of the new KC-46A air refueling tanker. (U. S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Johnston)
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Family Ties

Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard, poses with his son, Capt. Leon Rice, a pilot assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, and his grandson in front of the new KC-46A Pegasus Aug. 8, 2019 at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H. Rice celebrated his last flight in his Air Force career, flying in with his son back to their home state and delivering the first KC-46 to Pease. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Victoria Nelson)
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Welcome to Pegasus Country

Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard, Maj. Gen. David Mikolaities, Adjutant General of New Hampshire, and Brig. Gen. Laurie Farris, Commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, hold up a NH state flag as they exit the first delivered KC-46 Pegasus to Pease Air National Guard Base, NH, Aug. 8, 2019. The Pegasus forges a new era at Pease marking the first upgrade to its aircraft inventory in decades.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Taylor Queen)
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