"He was beyond ecstatic," she said of her dad's reaction. Today, Danielle, a senior airman, serves as a boom operator with the 351st Air Refueling Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, England.

You might say that the 64th US Air Force Air Refueling Squadron is tailor made for the Pease Air National Guard Base. The 64th was activated in 2009, part of an Air Force wide effort to make use ...