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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mendè Lahens, right, 351st Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, places a tail stand into the tail of a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing with assistance from Staff Sgt. Cordell Lister, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, after conducting an aerial refueling mission as part of combat readiness inspection Skyway Chariot at Prestwick, Scotland, May 9, 2025. The inspection tested the wing’s ability to respond to a near-peer adversary threat and generate, employ, sustain, and project combat power in a contested, degraded, and operationally limited environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aidan Martínez)