Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Samantha Demint, a boom operator with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Ohio, closes the over wing doors of a KC-135 Stratotanker before takeoff at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio October 4, 2018. Boom operators have a preflight check list that must be accomplished before each flight.

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