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An F-15E Eagle receives jet fuel at almost 30,000 feet above the ground from an Alaska Air National Guard 168th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker boom over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex during a training mission in support of Northern Edge 2008, May 14, 2008. Alaska's size enables the military to train in the largest air-land-sea training complex in America.

REFUELING AN EAGLE

An F-15E Eagle receives jet fuel at almost 30,000 feet above the ground from an Alaska Air National Guard 168th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker boom over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex during a training mission in support of Northern Edge 2008, May 14, 2008. Alaska's size enables the military to train in the largest air-land-sea training complex in America.

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