Senior Airman Ryan Coates relaxes in the aft door of a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender after a pre-flight inspection at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, on Dec. 10, 1997. The Extender is aerial refueling tanker and is deployed to Diego Garcia in support of Operation Southern Watch. Southern Watch is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. Coates is deployed from the 660th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.