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A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet over Iraq, Oct. 30, 2014. The airman is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron.

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A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refuels a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet over Iraq, Oct. 30, 2014. The airman is a boom operator assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron.

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