Airman 1st Class Autumn Hedrick-Cox, 384th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, refuels an F-15 Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, Portland, Ore., during a three-ship tanker sortie over northeast Kansas. Hendrick-Cox is a Union

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Airman 1st Class Autumn Hedrick-Cox, 384th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, refuels an F-15 Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, Portland, Ore., during a three-ship tanker sortie over northeast Kansas. Hendrick-Cox is a Union City, Tenn., native and is one more than 125 boom operators assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.

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