An F-35A Lightning II pilot hovers while attached to a KC-135 Stratotanker boom during a refuel mission over the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 3. During the morning mission, local media and F-35 maintainers from the 33rd Fighter Wing looked on 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