A boom operator on a KC-135 tanker earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses on recent combat missions, the Air Force confirmed this week, a rare double-award of the military’s top medal for flight.
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How boom operators aboard the US Air Force's flying gas stations keep their cool doing an 'inherently dangerous' job
Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...
20,000 FEET OVER THE ATLANTIC — As the KC-10 tanker hugs the North Carolina coast about 40 miles north of Cherry Point Naval Air Station, six EA-6B Prowlers from Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare ...
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What Is a Boom Operator?
Every filmmaker agrees that sound is crucial for a good narrative. Bad sound can kill even the best stories. While sound design is done within closed studio walls, capturing live sound on set is one ...
The boom operator is the assistant to the production sound mixer on a TV show, film or commercial. What a boom operator does: A boom operator is responsible for holding a microphone called a boom mike ...
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