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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Mayo, a loadmaster from the 9th Special Operations Squadron, looks for signs of difficulty during an aerial refueling mission with a U.S. Army MH-60K Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 101st Airborne Division over Fort Campbell, Ky., on Dec. 2, 2008.

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Mayo looks for signs of difficulty.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Mayo, a loadmaster from the 9th Special Operations Squadron, looks for signs of difficulty during an aerial refueling mission with a U.S. Army MH-60K Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 101st Airborne Division over Fort Campbell, Ky., on Dec. 2, 2008.

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