Black History Month Heritage flight
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kamron Cuff, left, 9th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, and Airman 1st Class Elijah Sheppard, 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, watch a KC-10 Extender detach from the boom over Northern California, Feb. 15, 2022. Cuff and Sheppard were two of a fifteen crew member heritage flight, honoring Black service members and aviators. The U.S. Congress passed Public Law 99-244 designating each February as “National Black (Afro-American) History Month” Feb. 11, 1986. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karla Parra)