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An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a training mission over the North Sea on July 19, 2004. The Strike Eagle is from the 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom and the Stratotanker is from the 106th Air Refueling Squadron of Birmingham Air National Guard, Ala.

An F-15E Strike Eagle approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker.

An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a training mission over the North Sea on July 19, 2004. The Strike Eagle is from the 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom and the Stratotanker is from the 106th Air Refueling Squadron of Birmingham Air National Guard, Ala.

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