Caption:
A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender returns to its forward operating base
after conducting in-flight refueling with a B-1B Lancer bomber over the
Mediterranean Sea on Nov. 24, 1997. The aerial refueling tanker
is refueling some of the U.S. aircraft deploying to the Persian Gulf
for Operation Southern Watch. Southern Watch is the U.S. and
coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. The
Extender is deployed from the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire Air
Force Base, N.J. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez, U.S.
Air Force.
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