An F-15A Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland, Ore. Breaks away after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 141st Air Refueling Wing during Aerospace Control Alert CrossTell training exercise July 24, 2018 over western Oregon. CrossTell is a three-day exercise involving multiple Air National Guard units, the Civil Air Patrol, and Coast Guard rotary-wing air intercept units to conduct training scenarios to replicate airborne intercepts designed to safely escort violators out of restricted airspace.
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