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Arizona tankers, NATO E-3s connect over Germany
SSgt. Kevin Gimenez, an Arizona Air
National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker
boom operator, prepares to refuel
a NATO E-3A Sentry over northern
Germany during a training mission
Nov. 16. Airmen from the 161st Air
Refueling Wing based in Phoenix
were supporting aircrew training
operations Nov. 9-20 at NATO Air Base
Geilenkirchen, Germany. For more,
see Page 6.
Air National Guard photograph by Lt. Col. Gabe Johnson
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