Tech. Sgt. Lizzie Carey, an inflight refueler assigned to the 117th Air Refueling Squadron, Forbes Field Air National Guard Base, Topeka, Kansas, conducts an air refueling mission for F-35A Lightning IIs from the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, over the Indo-Pacific theater, Feb. 24, 2022. The KC-135 Stratotanker can hold up to 200,000 pounds of fuel, which is pumped through the tanker’s flying boom and utilized mid-flight to refuel a variety of aircraft thus extending its global reach to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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Keywords: -52, -35, -15, aerial, formation, kc-135, photo, refueling