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    Combat support mission [Image 17 of 29]

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    A military pilot is photographed from inside a cockpit during an aerial refueling operation. The view through the windscreen shows a large tanker aircraft (likely a KC-135 or similar) positioned directly above and ahead, with a refueling boom visible. The pilot is wearing a flight suit, tan gloves, a headset, and has a US flag patch on the shoulder.

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    01.30.2013

    Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dennis Henry 

    United States Air Forces Central           

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Christopher Lien, a pilot for the E-3 Sentry, Airborne Warning and Control System, from the 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, receives an in-flight refueling from a KC-10 Extender during a combat support mission over an undisclosed location, Southwest Asia, Jan. 30, 2013. The E-3 Sentry is an aircraft with an integrated command and control battle management, or C2BM, surveillance, target detection, and tracking platform. Lien is from the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron which is part of the 552d Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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    Date Taken: 01.30.2013
    Date Posted: 02.21.2013 01:27
    Photo ID: 870663
    VIRIN: 130130-F-PM120-210
    Resolution: 2100x1398
    Size: 1.72 MB
    Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)
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