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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 74th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on May 8, 2011.

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft.

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 74th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on May 8, 2011.

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