Fairchild tests KC-135 basic aircrew endurance with 24-hour duty period, completes phase two preparation for Mobility Guardian 2023

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The 92nd Air Refueling Wing deployed personnel and KC-135 Stratotankers with crews from the 6th ARW MacDill Air Force Base, Florida to execute a Phase 2 Lead Wing exercise Feb. 13-17, in Roswell, New Mexico, in preparation to be lead tanker wing at Air Mobility Command’s capstone exercise, Mobility Guardian 2023. The Phase 2 prep exercise emphasized aircrew endurance, dynamic air refueling concepts, testing of a variety of the KC-135 mission sets, and included an advanced 72-hour endurance event.

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