Air Force Airman Joseph Galeaz, a KC-135 boom operator from the 349th Air Refueling Squadron, refuels an F-35A Lightning II from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, en route to Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 15, 2017. Members of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing conducted night refueling operations in support of the first operational deployment of F-35A Lightning IIs. The F-35A is a fifth generation fighter that provides the joint warfighter unprecedented global precision attack capability against current and emerging threats, while complementing the Air Force’s air superiority fleet.

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