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A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), takes-off at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG)

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), takes-off at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, refuels from an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 940th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), assigned to the 100th ARW, over the Adriatic Sea during mission flown in support Operation JOINT FORGE

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A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), takes off from an undisclosed location in the Eastern Mediterranean region, as it heads home, following a deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A techinician inspects the TF-33 engine of a 940th Air Refueling Group KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft. Stratotankers from the unit are being deployed to RAF Mildenhall, England to provide aerial refueling support to aircraft of the US Air Forces Europe

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A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 940th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), assigned to the 100th ARW, Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), in flight over the Adriatic Sea during a refueling mission flown in support Operation JOINT FORGE

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Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE

Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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16/04/2003
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