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    Airpower Summary for June 28

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    An aerial refueling operation is taking place over an arid, desert landscape with scattered settlements visible below. A KC-135 or similar tanker aircraft (marked '92 ARW' and '141 ARW') is refueling what appears to be an A-10 Thunderbolt II (tail number 659) via a boom refueling system. The photo is taken from the tanker aircraft looking down at the receiver aircraft against a vast desert terrain.

    MANAS AIR BASE, KYRGYZSTAN

    06.28.2008

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    United States Air Forces Central           

    A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft receives fuel May 29, 2008 from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission over Afghanistan. A-10 is deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom and the KC-135 is assigned to the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan and is deployed from 141st Air Refueling Wing Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.

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    Date Taken: 06.28.2008
    Date Posted: 06.29.2008 12:55
    Photo ID: 98382
    VIRIN: 080629-O-9999X-001
    Resolution: 2144x1424
    Size: 726.38 KB
    Location: MANAS AIR BASE, KG

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