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Nellis Airmen return home after supporting TesT and evaluaTion squadron TesTs warm

Operation Allies Rescue refuel of reaper unmanned aircrafT

by Aerotech staff and wire reports
Members of the 58th Rescue Squadron, 66th Res-
cue Squadron, and the 855th Aircraft Maintenance
Squadron, recently returned from their deployment to
Southwest Asia in support of Operation Allies Refuge.
The three squadrons are all based at Nellis Air Force
Base, Nev., and are part of the 563rd Rescue Group,
based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
“We’re glad to have you home, and thank you for A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper taxis in for a warm refuel test,
your service.” where the aircraft is grounded and refueled while powered
on but with the engine not running, at Creech Air Force
Base, Nev., Sept. 2, 2021. Warm refuels can increase the
Welcome Home balloons MQ-9’s operational agility through reducing turnaround
and U.S. flags were on hand time on the ground.
to welcome home Airmen
assigned to the 58th and
66th Rescue Squadrons and
855th Aircraft Maintenance
Air Force photographs by Tech. Sgt. Emerson Nuñez
Squadron at Nellis Air Force Airmen from the 556th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stand by after performing a warm
Base, Nev., Sept. 7, 2021,
An Airmen is welcomed home at Nellis Air Force Base, following their deployment refuel test, where the aircraft is grounded and refueled while powered on but with the engine
Nevada, Sept. 7, 2021. The Airmen returned home from their to Southwest Asia in not running, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 2, 2021.
deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation support of Operation Allies
Allies Refuge. Refuge.

LEFT: A C-17 Globemaster III carrying Airmen assigned to the 66th and 58th Rescue
Squadrons, and 855th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron lands at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev,,
Sept. 7, 2021, after a recent deployment in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Allies
Refuge,

Friends and family An Ai r m e n i s
gathered at Nellis Air welcomed home
Force Base, Nev., Sept. with a hug at Nellis
7, 2021, to welcome Air Force Base, Nev.
home Airmen from Airmen from the
the 58th and 66th 58th and 66th U.S. Air Force maintenance Airmen from the 556thTest and Evaluation Squadron
Rescue Squadrons, Rescue Squadrons perform a warm refuel test, where the aircraft is grounded and refueled while
and 855th Aircraft and 855th Aircraft powered on but with the engine not running, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept.
M a in t e n an c e M ain t e n an c e 2, 2021.
S qu a d ro n f ro m S q ua dr o n
a deployment to returned to Nellis
Southwest Asia. Sept. 7, 20231, A U.S. Air Force Crew Chief from the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron taxies in an
following are their MQ-9 Reaper for a warm refuel test, where the aircraft is grounded and refueled while
deployment to powered on but with the engine not running, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 2,
Southwest Asia 2021. The warm refuel test was conducted to test if the operation can be accomplished
in supp or t of in austere locations.
Operation Allies
Refuge.

USO volunteers
were on hand,
along with family
m emb er s and
friends as Airmen
from the 58th
and 66th Rescue
Squadrons and
855th Aircraf t
M ain t e n an c e
S qu a d ro n
returned home Maintenance Airmen from the 556thTest and Evaluation Squadron perform a warm refuel U.S. Air Force maintenance Airmen from the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron perform
Air Force photographs by William R. Lewis to Nellis Air Force test, where the aircraft is grounded and refueled while powered on but with the engine a warm refuel test, where the aircraft is grounded and refueled while powered on but
Airmen from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons and 855th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Base, Nev., Sept. not running, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 2, 2021. The 556th TES is part of the with the engine not running, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 2, 2021. The warm refuel
are welcomed home by friends and family at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 7, 2021. 7, 2021. 53rd Test and Evaluation Group at Creech. test was conducted to test if the operation can be accomplished in austere locations.