Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing and 87th Air Base Wing position an R-11 fuel truck to perform a wet-wing defuel with a C-17 Globemaster at Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst, N.J., Mar. 9. 2023. The wet-wing defuel was part of Exercise White Stag, a full-spectrum readiness exercise that demonstrated the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s overall ability to deploy and sustain rapid global mobility around the world. During a wet-wing defuel, the aircraft will land and keep all four engines running while the crew transfers fuel from the aircraft to either another aircraft or to a fuel truck.

Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing and 87th Air Base Wing position an R-11 fuel truck to perform a wet-wing defuel with a C-17 Globemaster at Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst, N.J., Mar. 9. 2023. The wet-wing defuel was part of Exercise White Stag, a full-spectrum readiness exercise that demonstrated the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s overall ability to deploy and sustain rapid global mobility around the world. During a wet-wing defuel, the aircraft will land and keep all four engines running while the crew transfers fuel from the aircraft to either another aircraft or to a fuel truck. Stock Photo

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Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing and 87th Air Base Wing position an R-11 fuel truck to perform a wet-wing defuel with a C-17 Globemaster at Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst, N.J., Mar. 9. 2023. The wet-wing defuel was part of Exercise White Stag, a full-spectrum readiness exercise that demonstrated the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s overall ability to deploy and sustain rapid global mobility around the world. During a wet-wing defuel, the aircraft will land and keep all four engines running while the crew transfers fuel from the aircraft to either another aircraft or to a fuel truck. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Morales)

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