Posted: 05/01/2009
Staff Sgt. Bartek Bachleda spots a fuel leak on a civilian aircraft on a flight from Chicago to Narita airport, Japan. Sergeant Bachleda alerted the pilots and aircrew about the leak, and the ranking pilot made the decision to divert the flight to San Francisco. Sergeant Bachleda is a 909th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator at Kadena Air Base, Japan.