Before planes swap fuel in flight, fuels technicians top off tankers on ground
Senior Airman Jason Wells, 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, deployed from Spangdhalem Air Base, Germany, moves a pantograph fuel pipe into position in preparation for refueling a KC-135 Stratotanker Feb. 28, 2013. Wells, a fuels technician from Pahokee, Fla., is deployed to southwest Europe in support of French operations in Mali. KC-135 aircrews from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, have been flying aerial refueling sorties from the deployed location since January. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)
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