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A pair of F-22 Raptors pull away and fly behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft after receiving fuel over the Atlantic Ocean, July 10, 2012. The Raptor pilots are assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and the Stratotanker crew is assigned to the 756th Air Refueling Squadron on Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md.

RAPTORS REFUELED

A pair of F-22 Raptors pull away and fly behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft after receiving fuel over the Atlantic Ocean, July 10, 2012. The Raptor pilots are assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and the Stratotanker crew is assigned to the 756th Air Refueling Squadron on Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md.

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