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Caption:
An Air Force F-15Cs from the Pacific Air Forces pulls into position
beneath a KC-135 Strato-tanker to refuel while flying near the Iraqi
border during a routine patrol mission of the Southern Watch No-Fly and
No-Drive Zone. The F-15C is regularly assigned to the 19th
Fighter Squadron/3rd Wing, Anchorage Air Force Base, Alaska, and are
currently deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
as part of the 4404th Wing (Provisional). The F-15 is refueling
from a 4408th Air Refueling Squadron (Provisional) KC-135R near the
Saudi Arabian/Iraqi border. The KC-135R refueling aircraft is
from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas and
is part of Air Mobility Command. Both aircraft are flying out of
Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The venerable
KC-135 is deployed to Southwest Asia to provide refueling support to
United States and Allied aircraft as they patrol the No-Fly and
No-Drive Zones located in southern Iraq, known as Operation Southern
Watch.
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