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A B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a practice aerial refueling mission near the Mariana Islands March 19, 2008. The KC-135 is from the 106th AiPr Refueling Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard, and the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

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A B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a practice aerial refueling mission near the Mariana Islands March 19, 2008. The KC-135 is from the 106th AiPr Refueling Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard, and the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

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