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Airman 1st Class Conner O’Connell, 93rd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, explains how a KC-135 Stratotanker boom works to Marcus Morgan, Reardon School District superintendent, during an orientation flight at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, July 18, 2018. This year marks the 60th year the KC-135 has been at Fairchild Air Force Base. With nearly 155 KC-135s assigned to active-duty and more than 170 assigned to the Air National Guard, Fairchild’s 44 birds make it the largest tanker fleet in the world.

PHOTO BY: Airman 1st Class Jesenia Landaverde
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