A F-22 raptor pilot receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, , during a training exercise near New Jersey, Nov. 8, 2016. The KC-10 Extender is an Air Mobility Command advanced tanker and cargo aircraft designed to provide increased global mobility for armed forces. Although the KC-l0's primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters and simultaneously carry the fighter support personnel and equipment on overseas deployments.

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