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A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., refuels an F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., during Red Flag 14-1 Jan. 28, 2014, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Red Flag was developed by Maj. Moody Suter to simulate the first 10 combat missions pilots would face after the kill ratio declined to two to one during Vietnam during the pilots first 10 combat missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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Staff Sgt. Ryan Carlson, 92nd Maintenance Squadron fuel systems repair journeyman, from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., reviews form for a KC-135 Stratotanker before takeoff during Red Flag 14-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Jan. 28, 2014. Red Flag was established in 1975 to better prepare Airmen for combat missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 93rd Air Refueling Wing from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., refuels an F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., during Red Flag 14-1 Jan. 28, 2014, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. More than 30 countries have participated directly in Red Flag. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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An F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., pulls away from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., after tanking up during Red Flag 14-1 Jan. 28, 2014, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. More than 440,000 service members have participated in Red Flag since 1975, including more than 145,000 aircrew member flying more than 385,000 sorties and logging more than 660,000 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron from Fairchild, Wash., refuels an F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., during Red Flag 14-1 Jan. 28, 2014, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Red Flag gives aircrew and air support operations service members from various airframes, military services and allied countries an opportunity to integrate and practice combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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KC-135 Stratotanters from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and Fairchild AFB, Wash., line up on the runway during Red Flag 14-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev., Jan. 28, 2014. Red Flag gives service members from the U.S. and allied countries an opportunity to experience realistic combat scenarios to prepare and train them in the event of future conflicts or war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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Staff Sgt. Mark Lash, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs aircraft preparation to launch the KC-135 Stratotanker during Red Flag 14-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 28, 2014. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise that incorporates air, space and cyber forces as part of the blue forces and their adversaries, the red forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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Capt. Ryan Jahnke, 93rd Air Refueling Squadron pilot, is marshalled into an aircraft parking spot after a refueling mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range during Red Flag 14-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 28, 2014.Red Flag has been expanded to incorporate all spectrums of warfare to include command and control, real-time intelligence, analysis and exploitation, and electronic warfare. Night missions have also been added to the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)
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Staff Sgt. Mark Lash, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Staff Sgt. Tyler Jeffreys, 92nd AMX hydrolics craftsman, perform aircraft post checks on a KC-135 Stratotanker after a mission during Red Flag 14-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 28, 2014. More than 70 Airmen from McConnell AFB, Kan., and Fairchild AFB, Wash., team up for the three-week long exercise to keep these aircraft ready to do their mission. Red Flag has expanded to incorporate all spectrums of warfare to include command and control, real-time intelligence, analysis and exploitation, and electronic warfare. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes/Released)