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Air Force Staff Sgt. Pua Jumawid maneuvers and prepares the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker to refuel aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq, April 29, 2016. Jumawid is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, deployed from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis

Boom Operator

Air Force Staff Sgt. Pua Jumawid maneuvers and prepares the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker to refuel aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq, April 29, 2016. Jumawid is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, deployed from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis

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