Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron take off the runway in KC-135 Stratotankers to execute reduced minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron take off the runway in a KC-135 Stratotanker to execute reduced minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron taxi along the runway on KC-135 Stratotankers to execute reduced minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron fly a KC-135 Stratotankers during a training mission to execute minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years reduced July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron take off the runway in a KC-135 Stratotanker to execute minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years reduced July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron take off the runway in KC-135 Stratotankers to execute minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron taxi along the runway on KC-135 Stratotankers to execute reduced minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron taxi along the runway on KC-135 Stratotankers to execute reduced minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Members from the 509th Weapons Squadron take off the runway in KC-135 Stratotankers to execute reduced minimum interval takeoff procedures for the first time in twenty years July 8, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The 509th WPS mission is to provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes)

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Published July 9, 2014