A Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Gulf of Mexico during Checkered Flag 21-2, May 12, 2021. Checkered Flag is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers.

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Keywords: -15e, 21-2, 4th, acc, checkered, checkeredflag212, flag, fw, tyndall