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Ice, ice baby!

Maintenance crews work on LC-130 Hercules on the annual sea ice runway Nov. 26 near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze. Ski-equipped LC-130s, crews and support personnel from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing are supporting the 13th Air Force-led Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is a unique joint and total-force mission that has supported the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program that began in 1955. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Airman 1st Class Louis Martens finishes installing safety wires on the engine mounts of a replacement engine on a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23. Airman Martens is with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Staff Sgt. Joseph Dodson stands by to assist as Airman 1st Class Louis Martens finishes installing safety wires on the engine mounts of a replacement engine on a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23. Sergeant Dodson and Airman Martens are with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Staff Sgt. Kevin Brown hands Staff Sgt. Jamie Sherwood a torque wrench as Staff Sgt. Joseph Dodson stands by to complete the installation of a replacement engine on a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23. It took a maintenance team two days to remove the old engine and install the new engine. The sergeants are with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Airman 1st Class Louis Martens installs safety wires on the engine mounts of a KC-10 Extender engine Nov. 23 prior to installing the engine on the aircraft. Airman Martens is with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Staff Sgt. Jamie Sherwood inspects the turbine blades of a damaged engine removed from a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23 at a deployed air base in Southwest Asia. The engine will be sent to a depot where it will be overhauled and returned to the unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

After removing a damaged engine on a KC-10 Extender, Tech. Sgt. Art Hall (from left), Tech. Sgt. Rick Baugnet and Staff Sgt. Jamie Sherwood prepare to install a new engine Nov. 23. The three sergeants are maintainers with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Maintainers from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia inspect the engine nacelle cowling of a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23 after removing a damaged engine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Maintainers from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia inspect the engine nacelle cowling of a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23 after removing a damaged engine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Keeping Spirits up

A KC-135 Stratotanker prepares for a mid-flight refueling with a B-2 Spirit Nov. 20 over the Pacific Ocean. The B-2 and KC-135 are deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to support U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence and theater security package operations. The KC-135 is assigned to the from the 121st Refueling Squadron from Rickenbacker International Airport at Columbus, Ohio. The B-2 is assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brian Kimball)

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Nov. 12 airpower summary

Staff Sgt. Manuel Garibay directs an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker out for a refueling mission at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. On Nov. 11, aerial refueling crews flew 44 sorties and off-loaded approximately 2.6 million pounds of fuel to 233 receiving aircraft. Sergeant Garibay is a maintainer with the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/James Westfall)

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Deployed unit turns fuel into freedom

Lt. Col. Scott Fike (left) and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Kuehn analyze a hydraulic fluid leak on a KC-135 Stratotanker in Southwest Asia. The aircraft was venting to relieve pressure caused by excessive heat. Colonel Fike is the 379th Expeditonary Maintenance Group vice commander and Sergeant Kuehn is the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit specialist expeditor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Barebo)

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Deployed unit turns fuel into freedom

Senior Airman Mike McGovern marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker to its parking spot with Tech. Sgt. Robert Wade (left) and Senior Airman Neal Sicard (right) standing by to place chocks around the aircraft's tires. The Airmen are assigned to the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Barebo)

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Deployed unit turns fuel into freedom

Senior Airman Neal Sicard fills out aircraft forms for a KC-135 Stratotanker in Southwest Asia. The forms provide a record of all maintenance actions performed on the aircraft. Airman Sicard is deployed to the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Barebo)

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Deployed unit turns fuel into freedom

Senior Airman Mike McGovern places a cover on an air data probe of a KC-135 Stratotanker in Southwest Asia. The cover prevents foreign objects from damaging and plugging the probe so pilots receive accurate information. Airman McGovern is deployed to the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Barebo)

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KC-135 refuels F-16 Fighting Falcons

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon in this stock photo. The same types of aircraft were used April 6 to trail a stolen Cessna that crossed into the U.S. from Canada and landed in Missouri after a seven-hour ordeal. The KC-135 that supported the F-16s operated under command and control of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Air Mobility Command's hub for worldwide airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Suzanne Day)

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Airpower summary for Sept. 16, 2007

A Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender over Afghanistan. On Sept. 15, coalition tankers flew 46 sorties and off-loaded approximately 2.4 million pounds of fuel to 210 receiving aircraft. (DOD photo/Navy Lt. Peter Scheu)

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Aug. 31 airpower summary: Tankers bring fuel to fight

An Air Force KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron parks after an eight-hour sortie. Coalition KC-10s and KC-135s provided 3.1 million pounds of fuel to 270 aircraft Aug. 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matt Cook)

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End of a long day

A KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron in Southwest Asia parks after an eight-hour sortie Aug. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matt Cook)

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Elephant walk

Six KC-135 Stratotankers demonstrate the elephant walk formation as they taxi down a runway right behind each other during a generation exercise Aug. 5 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The exercise showcased McConnell AFB aircrews' capability to prepare a flight and take off within minutes of being notified of a mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Airman Justin Shelton)

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