Air Force Captain Cody Donahue, 344th Air Refueling Squadron mission pilot, prepares to takeoff Aug. 29, 2022, during Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Donahue and the rest of the aircrew completed the KC-46A Pegasus’ first combat sortie, refueling two F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron.

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Keywords: amc, ece, exercise, kc-46, mcconnell, qatar