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A B-29 Superfortress, known as ‘Doc,’ takes off for the first time in approximately 60 years, July 17, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. A restoration team worked on the aircraft for the last 16 years to prepare it for flight. (U.S Air Force photo/)


B-29 ‘Doc’ takes to the skies from McConnell

A B-29 Superfortress, known as ‘Doc,’ takes off for the first time in approximately 60 years, July 17, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. A restoration team worked on the aircraft for the last 16 years to prepare it for flight. (U.S Air Force photo/)

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A KC-135 Stratotanker deployed with the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing in the European theater of operations prepares to refuel a C-17 Globemaster III over the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 29, 2011. The C-17 was en route from Tripoli, Libya, to Boston, Mass., to deliver 22 Libyan rebel fighters for medical care at the Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care North Shore in Salem, Mass. The C-17, assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing of the Mississippi National Guard, was refueled by a KC-135 from McConnell AFB, Kan., that is normally operated by the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the 931st Air Refueling Group. The 313th AEW supported NATO's Operation Unified Protector -- the mission that carried out the United Nations' mandate to protect the citizens of Libya. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Andra Higgs)
A KC-135 Stratotanker deployed with the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing in the European theater of operations prepares to refuel a C-17 over the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 29, 2011. The C-17 was en route from Tripoli, Libya, to Boston, Mass., to deliver 22 Libyan rebel fighters for medical care at the Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care North Shore in Salem, Mass. The C-17, assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi National Guard, was refueled by a KC-135 from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., that is normally operated by the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the 931st Air Refueling Group. The 313th AEW supported NATO's Operation Unified Protector, the mission that carried out the United Nations' mandate to protect the citizens of Libya. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Andra Higgs)
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