Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Janson, a boom operator with the 63rd Air Refueling Squadron refuels F-35 Lightening II with Eglin Air Force Base over Florida on December 16, 2021. The F-35 is the Air Force's fifth-generation fighter and will replace the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the A-10 Thunderbolt II. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany A. Emery)

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