Academy cadets experience
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shawn Gallasher, 340th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, explains the controls and general operations of the boom on a KC-135 to U.S. Air Force Academy cadets during a visit at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 16, 2014. More than 19 USAFA cadets visited the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in June to observe deployed operations first-hand and interact with deployed U.S. and Coalition forces. Gallasher is deployed from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colin Cates)