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An air-to-air close-up view of the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft looking up at a tanker aircraft during refueling as seen from the tanker's boom operator position

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Edwards Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Cunningham

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

26/05/1979
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The U.S. National Archives
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