Esmeralda Quinonez-Jauregui, 11-year-old leukemia survivor, sits in the cockpit of a KC-135 Statotanker Simulator, June 27, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Esmeralda and her family toured the base with members of the 384th Air Refueling Squadron a

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Esmeralda Quinonez-Jauregui, 11-year-old leukemia survivor, sits in the cockpit of a KC-135 Statotanker Simulator, June 27, 2013, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Esmeralda and her family toured the base with members of the 384th Air Refueling Squadron as part of the 'Pilot for a Day' program, an Air Force program that allows medically-challenged youth a chance to visit bases and become part of the Air Force family.

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