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4th Fighter Wing Key Spouses board a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Dec. 4, 2019, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The familiarization flight provided Key Spouses with the opportunity to experience an Air Force mission first hand. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Lt. Col. Wayne Turner, left, 77th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and Maj. Travis Morris, 77th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, fly a KC-135R Stratotanker, Dec. 4, 2019, in the skies above North Carolina. The 916th Air Refueling Wing’s mission includes refueling aircraft, and moving troops and cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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4th Fighter Wing Key Spouses fly in a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Dec. 4, 2019, in the skies above North Carolina. Spouses observed the refueling of an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Lin Rennie, a Team Seymour Key Spouse, looks out of the window of a KC-135R Statotanker from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Dec. 4, 2019, over the skies of North Carolina. The KC-153R’s will be replaced with the KC-46A Pegasus in 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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Master Sgt. Brad Pike, 77th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, prepares to refuel an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft assigned to Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Dec. 4, 2019, in the skies above North Carolina. Pike used a telescoping control stick to move the boom into position for air refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Dec. 4, 2019, over North Carolina. The primary mission of the JSTARS is to provide surveillance for ongoing missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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4th Fighter Wing Key Spouses experience first-hand an in-flight refueling mission of a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Dec. 4, 2019, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. During the flight, Key Spouses had an opportunity to watch an aerial refueling of an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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SJAFB Key Spouses experience final KC-135 flight

Published Dec. 10, 2019
By A1C Kimberly Barrera
4FW/PA

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- 4th Fighter Wing Key Spouses board a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Dec. 4, 2019, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The familiarization flight provided Key Spouses with the opportunity to experience an Air Force mission first hand. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Kimberly Barrera)

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