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U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Maas carefully operates the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel one of seven F-16 fighter jets returning to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, from Kunsan Air Base, Korea, on Jan. 20, 2008. Maas is a boom operator with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron.

Staff Sgt. Daniel Maas carefully operates the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker.

U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Maas carefully operates the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel one of seven F-16 fighter jets returning to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, from Kunsan Air Base, Korea, on Jan. 20, 2008. Maas is a boom operator with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron.

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