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A KC-10A Extender refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon over Afghanistan in 2009.
A KC-10A Extender refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon over Afghanistan in 2009.

Staff Sgt. Michael Keller/United States Air Forces Central

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An airman unloads cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker, in Bangor, Maine,, June 3, 2026.
An airman unloads cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker.

Andrew Sinclair/US Air Force

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