Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Gilfillan, 190th Air Refueling Wing boom operator, performs a preflight inspection on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft before the first Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa Operation Copper Arrow 2021 flight at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 16, 2021. Operation Copper Arrow, a new air-to-air refueling mission, combines Operation Atlantic Resolve missions from NATO Air Base, Geilenkirchen, Germany, and Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, into a single mission with one staff overseen by USAFE – AFAFRICA Tanker Operations.

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