Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Mayo, a boom operator assigned to 106th Air Refueling Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard, looks out a window on a KC-135R Stratotanker, assigned to 168th Air Refueling Squadron, during Operation NOBLE DEFENDER over the Gulf of Alaska, March 16, 2022. NOBLE DEFENDER is a North American Aerospace Defense Command air defense operation in which forces integrate with security and defense partners to ensure integrated deterrence and defend against threats from all avenues of approach. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Murakami)

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