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Air Force Senior Airman Eric Medina prepares for an Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle to refuel while in the tail of a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq, Dec. 1, 2016. Medina is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Castelan

Boom Operator

Air Force Senior Airman Eric Medina prepares for an Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle to refuel while in the tail of a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq, Dec. 1, 2016. Medina is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Castelan

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