2004: I was out of the Air Force by this time working in IT. Music pretty much s*cked. Gas was up to $2.10 a gallon (and it was pissing me off) and the Summer Olympics were held in Greece.
In my four years in the KC-135, I carried my helmet on every single mission. I only wore it once, and that was only because my headset stopped working, and it sucked. It’s heavy, you have to go on O2 so you can breathe, and it’s heavy. But, somebody had an artistic eye when they thought to take this photo, good job!
The reflection of a US Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is shown on the helmet shield of SSGT Andrew Diaz, a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft Boom Operator from the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, following a refueling mission at a forward deployed location in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQ FREEDOM
OPERATION ENDURING/IRAQI FREEDOM, SSGT Shelley Gill, March 17, 2004.