Senior Airman Zach Ruff, 9th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, makes contact with an F-35A Lightning II jet fighter and completes an aerial refueling July 13, 2016. An aircrew of 70th Air Refueling Squadron members departed Travis Air Force Base, California July 11, 2016 en route to Royal Air Force Base Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The purpose of the trip is to refuel F-35 Lightning II jet fighters that are returning to the United States after participating in the world's largest air show. ( Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown)

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