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Painters produce picture-perfect planes

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Painter Don Watkins puts the first coat on a KC-135 Stratotanker engine cowling here. One coat of primer and two coats of paint add 420 to 500 pounds to the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Margo Wright)
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Painters produce picture-perfect planes

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Painter Steve Hamilton finishes stenciling on a KC-135 Stratotanker boom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Margo Wright)
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Painters produce picture-perfect planes

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Workers here put the first coat of paint on a KC-135 Stratotanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Margo Wright)
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Painters produce picture-perfect planes

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Kenneth Kilgore paints stenciling on a KC-135 Stratotanker emergency exit door. (U.S. Air Force photo by Margo Wright)
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Painters produce picture-perfect planes

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- After "USAF" is painted under a KC-135 Stratotanker's wing, Gerald Spurgion removes the paper and tape mask. (U.S. Air Force photo by Margo Wright)
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Good morning, sunshine

PHELPS-COLLINS AIR NATONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. -- A KC-135R Stratotanker is silhouetted in the sunrise here recently. The 62nd Airlift Wing of McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and the 319th Air Refueling Wing of Grand Forks AFB, N.D., are participating in Exercise Crisis Look to test the air refueling and airlift capabilities of the units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Scott T. Sturkol)
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First 'unmanned' B-2 takes flight

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Maj. Kristin Goodwin and Capt. Jenn Jeffords review checklists before a B-2 Spirit bomber mission Oct. 18. Flying the Spirit of Mississippi, they practiced conventional bombing and refueled with a KC-135 Stratotanker from Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The Airmen are assigned to the 325th Bomb Squadron here. Major Goodwin has been a B-2 pilot since May 2002; Captain Jeffords became B-2-certified in August. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jason Burton)
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First 'unmanned' B-2 takes flight

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Maj. Kristin Goodwin speaks with a crew chief before she and Capt. Jenn Jeffords fly a training sortie in a B-2 Spirit bomber Oct. 18. Flying the Spirit of Mississippi, they practiced conventional bombing and refueled with a KC-135 Stratotanker from Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The Airmen are assigned to the 325th Bomb Squadron here. Major Goodwin has been a B-2 pilot since May 2002; Captain Jeffords became B-2-certified in August. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jason Burton)
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U.S. military supports South African trade show

WATERKLOOF AIR FORCE BASE, South Africa -- Crowds attending the South Africa Aerospace Exhibition view a KC-135 Stratotanker deployed from the New York Air National Guard's 107th Air Refueling Wing. The Guard has C-5 Galaxy, F-16 Fighting Falcon, HH-60G Pave Hawk and KC-135 aircraft on display here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Johnson)
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Carbon brake tests increase tanker's capabilities

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Firefighters from the Air Force Flight Test Center Fire Department here spray down KC-135 Stratotanker tires after a carbon brake test. Testing determined that carbon brakes performed more efficiently and gave the aircraft increased operational capability over steel brakes that currently equip the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brad White)
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Gas-n-go

OVER THE EAST COAST -- Lt. Col. Tom Clayton and Maj. Dave Deames line up a C-17 Globemaster to refuel with a KC-135 Stratotaker from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing. The aircrew is assigned to the 300th Air Lift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)
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Gas-n-go

OVER THE EAST COAST -- Lt. Col. Tom Clayton and Maj. Dave Deames line up a C-17 Globemaster to refuel with a KC-135 Stratotaker from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing. The aircrew is assigned to the 300th Air Lift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)
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Gas 'n go

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Enden Surles talks to Capt. Jaimee Summers (background) via the intercom system during preflight checks Aug. 17 at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Airman Surles is a communications navigation specialist, and Captain Summers is a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot. They are from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)
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Gas 'n go

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies near a KC-135 Stratotanker on Aug. 16 after refueling. The F-16 is from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, and the KC-135 is from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)
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Gas 'n go

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker on Aug. 16. The F-16 is from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, and the KC-135 is from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)
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Lightning crashes

SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. -- Lightning strikes on the far side of a row of KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 927th Air Refueling Wing here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Scott Laforest)
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Total force strikes the Pacific

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- A B-1B Lancer from the 37th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., lines up with the refueling boom on a Hawaii Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker during the last leg of the bomber's recent global power mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby Yettman)
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Exercise under way in Thailand

KORAT AIR BASE, Thailand (AFPN) -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares for refueling by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, during Cope Tiger 2003. Cope Tiger is an annual joint/combined air-to-air, air-to-ground and large force employment training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.)
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De-ice, then de-ploy

SALT LAKE CITY -- Crews of Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Maintenence Squadron here de-ice a KC-135E Stratotanker as the unit prepares to deploy overseas Feb. 25. Approximately 230 members of the Utah ANG deployed for a tour of duty that could last up to a year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Burke Baker)
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F-4C Phantom and KC-135 tanker

1960s -- A flight of U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom fighter bombers refuel from a KC-135 tanker aircraft before making a strike against communist targets in North Vietnam. The Phantoms are fully loaded with 750 pound general purpose bombs and rockets. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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