Staff Sgt. Justin Householder, 2nd Operations Support Squadron watch supervisor deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., talks on a phone prior to a KC-135 Stratotanker take-off at RAF Fairford, England, March 20, 2019. The air traffic control team had to be trained and certified by local air traffic controllers to be able to operate the RAF Fairford tower.

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