A Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, secures some equipment before a refueling mission on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 9, 2018. The KC-135 enables aircraft, like the F-16 Fighting Falcon and A-10 Thunderbolt II, to fly for extended periods in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel. ( Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Labbe)

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