Inlander photographer Young Kwak is traveling with a crew from Fairchild Air Force Base to the Transit Center in Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Read his previous post here.
After about 18 hours of flight time and an overnight stay in RAF Lakenheath, England, flight Reach 525, a KC-135 originating from Fairchild Air Force Base, arrived at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, around 8 am PST. The 28 Air Force personnel on the flight will deploy out of Manas for an average of three to four months.

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USAF Pilot Captain Joe D'Agostino, left, and Co-Pilot 1st Lieutenant Jacob Mueller steer a KC-135 during takeoff at Fairchild Air Force Base.

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Passengers take a bus after an overnight stay at RAF Lakenheath to a KC-135 flying from Fairchild Air Force Base to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.

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Major Robert Mehan of the 128th Maintenance Group, stationed out of Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia, waits to disembark a KC-135 at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.