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KC-135 refuels F-16s on final Operation Unified Protector mission

Airman 1st Class James Shaffer (right), KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator deployed to the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing in the European theater of operations, prepares to refuel F-16 Fighting Falcons on Oct. 31, 2011, over the Mediterranean Sea on their final no-fly zone mission of the NATO-led operation. A United Nations mandate to protect civilians in Libya resulted in a coalition of 28 countries providing air and maritime intridiction. This was Shaffer's first operational deployment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Andra Higgs)

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