Senior Master Sgt. Michael Steinkraus steers the refueling boom in the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker off loading fuel to a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 Eagle during bilateral air refueling training May 17, 2010, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Sergeant Steinkraus is a boom operator with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron.

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Senior Master Sgt. Michael Steinkraus steers the refueling boom in the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker off loading fuel to a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 Eagle during bilateral air refueling training May 17, 2010, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Sergeant Steinkraus is a boom operator with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron.

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