Royal Air Force Flight Lts. James Freeborough, pilot, and Stewart Lawson, weapons officer, position their Tornado GR-4 behind a Air Force KC-135R/T Stratotanker for an air refueling. After refueling, the Tornado will roll out to rejoin the close air support mission at a lower altitude Ð part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Tornado and crew are from the 617 Squadron, RAF Lossiemouth, UK and deployed to a location in Southwest Asia. The KC-135R/T and crew are deployed to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Southwest Asia, from their home unit 905th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND.
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