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Reflections on refueling

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- An F-15E Strike Eagle prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker. Master Sgt. Sam Blackwell, the boom operator, is seen reflected in the operator's window. Blackwell and the KC-135R are deployed from Pease Air National Guard Base, N. H. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
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Tanker fuels tanker

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Master Sgt. Sam Blackwell prepares to transfer fuel to a KC-10 Extender. He is a boom operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker deployed from Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
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Bomber meets boomer

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- A B-1 Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., negotiates its way to an aerial refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 905th Air Refueling Wing based here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)
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The de-ice man cometh

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- A maintainer from the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares to de-ice a KC-135 Stratotanker during the onset of a snowstorm. Temperatures average about 7 degrees during the wintertime but eventually rise to an average of 70 in the summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)
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New tanker to bring increased capabilities to warfighter

A KC-135 Stratotanker undergoes an isochronal inspection at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The inspection begins with all access panels being removed to check flight controls. Air Force officials announced the selection of the Northrop Grumman company to replace the aging KC-135 and to produce up to 179 of the new air refuelers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Franklin J. Perkins)
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Heavy load

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFPN) -- Crews from the 97th Air Mobility Wing here and the 60th AMW at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., load a semitrailer carrying humanitarian cargo into a C-5 Galaxy for delivery to a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. With clearance coming as close as 4 inches at one point, the trailer took about five hours to load using a Minuteman Missile ramp. The C-5 is assigned to the 60th AMW. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristi Hare)
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The Alaskan pipeline

OVER ALASKA (AFPN) -- A B-52H Stratofortress receives fuel over Alaska during a recent mission. The B-52H Avionics Midlife Improvement project completed two missions to test new hardware and software upgrades. With the upgrades, B-52s will continue flying until 2040. (Courtesy photo)
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Stratotanker taxi

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Tech. Sgt. Christopher White waits to marshal in a KC-135E Stratotanker returning from Southwest Asia. An Air Force plan to replace aging KC-135s with leased 767s is currently under review by the Department of Defense. White is a crew chief in the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Douglas K. Lingefelt)
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Fueling the fight

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Staff Sgt. Bob Spychalski, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, prepares to refuel a B-52 Stratofortress on its way to Afghanistan, May 7, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Richard Freeland)
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Pulling up to the pump

OPERATION JOINT FORGE -- A French Jaguar prepares to be refueled from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the Adriatic Sea before preforming a reconnaissance over Bosnia. The aircraft and its squadron supports Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia as part of the "over-the-horizion" forces package that is available in case hostilities in the theater were to begin again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Buytas)
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I see the light

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, UNITED KINGDOM -- Airman 1st Class Christopher Staley, 100th Maintenance Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, U.K., looks under a special light for a final inspection of a KC-135 part ensuring it's free of cracks. This light is the final stage, after soaking and washing the part in a liquid penetrating solution, to ensure the part is operational. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Meghan E. Geis)
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Formation of friends

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Aircraft of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition counterparts stationed together in a deployed location in southwest Asia fly over the desert., April 14, 2003. Aircraft include KC-135 Stratotanker, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-117 Nighthawk, F-16CJ, British GR-4 Tornado, and Australian F/A-18 Hornet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ron Przysucha)
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C-17 refueling

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A Charleston-based C-17 Globemaster III moves into position to refuel from a KC-10A Extender over the Black Sea. The C-17 crew was returning from a humanitarian mission to Iraq. The KC-10 is based out of the 409th Air Expeditionary Group. Members from various Air Force units world-wide are currently deployed with the 409th AEG, Burgas Bulgaria, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Smith)
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