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A KC-135 Stratotanker detaches after refueling an F-15 Strike Eagle over Afghanistan Nov. 18. International Security Assistance Force Commander, Gen. John Allen, witnessed the refueling during an orientation flight in the Strike Eagle. The Stratotanker is deployed to the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, from the Alabama Air National Guard’s 117th Air Refueling Wing. The Strike Eagle is deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Andrew Hardy)


Photo essay: Tankers refuel the mission

A KC-135 Stratotanker detaches after refueling an F-15 Strike Eagle over Afghanistan Nov. 18. International Security Assistance Force Commander, Gen. John Allen, witnessed the refueling during an orientation flight in the Strike Eagle. The Stratotanker is deployed to the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, from the Alabama Air National Guard’s 117th Air Refueling Wing. The Strike Eagle is deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Andrew Hardy)

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Dan Forest, North Carolina Lt. Governor, looks out of a window during a KC-135R Stratotanker incentive flight, May 18, 2017, in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Forest and other civic leaders received the flight before the Wings Over Wayne Air Show, a two-day free event scheduled for May 20-21, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
Dan Forest, North Carolina Lt. Governor, and Staff Sgt. Dan Frost, 77th Air Refueling Squadron instructor boom operator, look out of a boom operator window, May 18, 2017, in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Seymour Johnson AFB is home to the F-15E Strike Eagle and the KC-135R Stratotanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
Dan Forest, North Carolina Lt. Governor, and Staff Sgt. Dan Frost, 77th Air Refueling Squadron instructor boom operator, look out of a boom operator window, May 18, 2017, in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Forest and other civic leaders received a KC-135R Stratotanker incentive flight two days before the Wings Over Wayne Air Show. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
Maj. Amanda Person, 7th Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, flies local civic leaders including North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest, May 18, 2017, in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Seymour Johnson AFB will host Wings Over Wayne Air Show, May 20-21, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
Lt. Col. Wayne Turner and Maj. Amanda Person, 77th Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135R Stratotanker pilots, fly civic leaders including Lt. Governor of North Carolina, Dan Forest, May 18, 2017, in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The flight occurred two days prior to the opening ceremony of Wings Over Wayne Air Show, which will headline the U.S. Navy Blue Angels premiere aerial demonstration team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
Maj. Matthew Olde, Wings Over Wayne Air Show director (left), and singer, Danika Portz (right), attend a briefing for a KC-135R Stratotanker incentive flight before the Wings Over Wayne Air Show, May 18, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The U.S. Navy’s premiere aerial demonstration team, the Blue Angels, are scheduled to headline this year’s air show, May 20-21, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
A group of people attend a briefing for a KC-135R Stratotanker incentive flight two days prior to the Wings Over Wayne Air Show, May 18, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Seymour Johnson AFB is home to the F-15E Strike Eagle and the KC-135R. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
An F-15E Strike Eagle piloted by Col. Christopher Sage, 4th Fighter Wing commander, prepares to be refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker, May 18, 2017, in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The boom is the fastest way to refuel aircraft at 1,200 gallons per minute. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
A 336th Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle flies near a KC-135R Stratotanker, May 18, 2017, in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The Wings Over Wayne Air Show will feature Strike Eagle formation flights during the two-day free event, May 20-21, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, sudden exposure to laser radiation during a critical phase of flight can distract or disorient a pilot and cause temporary visual impairment. In the United States, lasing an aircraft is a crime under the Code of Federal Aviation Regulations 14 CFR 91.11, which prohibits interfering with a flight crew operating an aircraft, with penalties up to $11,000 per violation for anyone deliberately shining a laser at an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Shawna L. Keyes)
Aircrew boards a KC-135R Stratotanker, Oct. 2, 2015, at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina. To avoid oncoming Hurricane Joaquin, aircrafts at Seymour Johnson AFB were repositioned to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. (U.S. photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)
Aircrew loads a KC-135R Stratotanker with pallets of cargo, Oct. 1, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The aircrew loaded three pallets onto the aircraft, headed to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, due to weather coming in from Hurricane Joaquin. (U.S. photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)