Senior Airman Luke Pommier, 91st Air Refueling Squadron, watches for F-35A Lightning II receivers from the boom pod of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refuel mission over the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. March 3. During the morning mission, local media and 33rd Fighter Wing F-35 maintainers watched as the MacDill Air Force Base KC-135 crew offloaded approximately 48,100 pounds of jet fuel to seven F-35As. ( Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Keywords: -35, -35a, air, boom, fuel, ii, jet, lightning, mission, operator, pod, power, refuel