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A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft over the Pacific Ocean July 10, 2010, during a sortie in support of Rim of the Pacific exercise. The Stratotanker crew is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron out of Tinker Air Force Base, AFB, Okla., and the Stratofortress crew is assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron out of Barksdale AFB, La.

A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft over the Pacific Ocean July 10, 2010, during a sortie in support of Rim of the Pacific exercise. The Stratotanker crew is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron out of Tinker Air Force Base, AFB, Okla., and the Stratofortress crew is assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron out of Barksdale AFB, La.

A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft over the Pacific Ocean July 10, 2010, during a sortie in support of Rim of the Pacific exercise. The Stratotanker crew is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron out of Tinker Air Force Base, AFB, Okla., and the Stratofortress crew is assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron out of Barksdale AFB, La.

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