Air Force Tech. Sgt. Wayne Conn, 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, awaits deboarding a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing during North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD) Operation Noble Defender (OND), March 15, 2022. As a part of OND, which is a recurring operation, the Continental NORAD Region (CONR) coordinated and conducted bi-national aircraft training intercept operations while concurrently launching jets from different locations across the United States' East Coast.

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Keywords: arctic, macdill, norad, noradone, refueling