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Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew Prosser operates the boom of a U.S Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, April 8, 2016. Prosser is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, deployed from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook

Boom Operator

Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew Prosser operates the boom of a U.S Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, April 8, 2016. Prosser is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, deployed from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook

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