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Refueling Refuelers

Bob Taylor, Akima Technical Solutions fuel distribution systems operator, monitors gauges on a fuel truck on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flight line prior to refueling a 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker July 20, 2017. The KC-135 is refueled using a truck equipped with a hydraulic system to draw fuel from an underground reservoir onto the aircraft. (U.S Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Refueling Refuelers

A 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker is refueled using a truck equipped with a hydraulic pump system to draw fuel from an underground reservoir on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flight line July 18, 2017. The KC-135 is capable of carrying up to 200,000 pounds of fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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459th fires off five aircraft during rapid response exercise

A 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker takes off from the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, airfield during and exercise July 16, 2017. The exercise tested the unit's ability to rapidly deploy multiple aircraft within minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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459th fires off five aircraft during rapid response exercise

A 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker takes off from the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, airfield during and exercise July 16, 2017. The exercise tested the unit's ability to rapidly deploy multiple aircraft within minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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459th fires off five aircraft during rapid response exercise

A 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker takes off from the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, airfield during and exercise July 16, 2017. The exercise tested the unit's ability to rapidly deploy multiple aircraft within minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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459th fires off five aircraft during rapid response exercise

A 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker takes off from the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, airfield during and exercise July 16, 2017. The exercise tested the unit's ability to rapidly deploy multiple aircraft within minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Students see AFRC careers up close during KC-135 tour

1st Lt. Kyle Swenson, 756th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, speaks to a career camp student about what it’s like to be a pilot inside a KC-135 Stratotanker on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flightline July 25, 2017. The high-school age students visited the 459th Air Refueling Wing to learn about careers available to them in the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica Knight)

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Students see AFRC careers up close during KC-135 tour

Tech. Sgt. Chris McAllister, 756th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator (left), and 1st Lt. Kyle Swenson, 756 ARS pilot (middle), speak to high school students during a career camp tour on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flightline July 25, 2017. The students visited the 459th Air Refueling Wing to learn about careers available to them in the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica Knight)

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Students see AFRC careers up close during KC-135 tour

Tech. Sgt. Chris McAllister, 756th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, speaks to high school students during a career camp tour on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flightline July 25, 2017. The students visited the 459th Air Refueling Wing to learn about careers available to them in the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica Knight)

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Students see AFRC careers up close during KC-135 tour

Tech. Sgt. Chris McAllister, 756th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, speaks to high school students during a career camp tour on the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, flightline July 25, 2017. The students visited the 459th Air Refueling Wing to learn about careers available to them in the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erica Knight)

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11th Wing Public Affairs specialist

Erin Vermilye, International Association of Chiefs of Police assistant director, looks out the window of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a flight with the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 21, 2017. The 459th provides worldwide in-flight refueling, cargo transportation, passenger transportation and aeromedical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan J. Sonnier)

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11th Wing Public Affairs specialist

Erin Vermilye, International Association of Chiefs of Police assistant director, discusses the process of in-flight refueling with Tech. Sgt. Matthew Oberlin, 756th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, inside the boom pod of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a mission near Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 21, 2017. The aircraft can carry an additional 220,000 pounds of fuel, allowing the boom operator to fill the tanks of other aircraft in the air, without having to land. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Ryan J. Sonnier)

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11th Wing Public Affairs specialist

Civic leaders with the Andrews Business Alliance board a 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 21, 2017, prior to a flight. The 459th provides in-flight refueling capabilities to joint mission partners across the world, during exercises, deployments and contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan J. Sonnier)

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11th Wing Public Affairs specialist

Lois S. O’Connor, Ammonia Refrigeration Foundation executive director, takes a photograph of a 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling boom during an Andrews Business Alliance flight over the East Coast July 21, 2017. The 459th provides worldwide in-flight refueling, cargo transportation, passenger transportation and aeromedical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan J. Sonnier)

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11th Wing Public Affairs specialist

Lt. Col. Mike Jamoom, 756th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, operates the yoke of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a mission over the East Coast July 21, 2017. The 459th provides worldwide in-flight refueling, cargo transportation, passenger transportation and aeromedical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan J. Sonnier)

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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program

Members of the YRRP program can travel to Phoenix, Arizona; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Orlando, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Graphic/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program

Members of the YRRP program can travel to Phoenix, Arizona, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Orlando, Florida.

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Maintainers key to streamlining tablet use for aircraft repair

Maj. Gen. Cedric D. George, Deputy Director of Resource Integration and Logistics Chief Information Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force (center), discusses the use of tablets with data connections for aircraft maintenance with Senior Airman Jaramie York, 459th Maintenance Group maintainer, in a hangar at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 6, 2017. George heard feedback from 459 ARW members regarding the use of the technology in order to make improvements and streamline processes across Air Force maintainer career fields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Maintainers key to streamlining tablet use for aircraft repair

Tech. Sgt. Meagan Peters, 459th Maintenance Group crew chief (right), illustrates to Maj. Gen. Cedric D. George, Deputy Director of Resource Integration and Logistics Chief Information Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force (center); and Maj. Gen. Kathryn J. Johnson, Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force (left), the benefits and shortfalls of using tablets with data connection to help maintain the unit’s eight KC-135R Stratotankers in a hangar at Base Andrews, Maryland, July 6, 2017. The intent of the generals’ visit was to acquire insight into benefits and shortfalls faced by maintainers in an effort to improve the system across the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Maintainers key to streamlining tablet use for aircraft repair

Tech. Sgt. Randy Suter, 459th Maintenance Group jet engine mechanic (left), uses a tablet with access to digital technical orders to help instruct a fellow maintainer on the steps to remove an engine from a KC-135R Stratotanker in a hangar at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, July 6, 2017. The 459 ARW is the first Air Force Reserve unit to utilize tablets with data connectivity at aircraft repair sites and has utilized the technology for the last four years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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