Capt. Hillary Wykes, a KC-10 Extender pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, stands by the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's Sept. 11, 2001, memorial at an air base in Southwest Asia on Jan. 13, 2010. Captain Wykes is deployed from the 9th Air Refueling Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and her hometown is Plano, Ill.

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Capt. Hillary Wykes, a KC-10 Extender pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, stands by the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's Sept. 11, 2001, memorial at an air base in Southwest Asia on Jan. 13, 2010. Captain Wykes is deployed from the 9th Air Refueling Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and her hometown is Plano, Ill.

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