Operation Unified Protector
A KC-135 Stratotanker deployed from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa, provides aerial refueling for a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM. The mission took place somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Unified Protector April 8. The 313th AEW supports Operation Unified Protector, a NATO-led mission in Libya to protect civilian and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack. The 313th AEW provides aerial refueling to U.S. and Coalition aircraft with KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10 Extenders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Wilcox)