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Caption:
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a F-16 Fighting Falcon in
the skies over New Mexico as part of Exercise Roving Sands Ô97 on
April 21, 1997. The two F-16's are topping off their fuel tanks
before beginning a bombing mission. More than 20,000 service
members from all branches of the armed forces of the U.S., Canada,
Germany, and the Netherlands are participating in Exercise Roving Sands
Ô97. The exercise is designed to refine their skills in
operations using an integrated air defense network of ground, missile
and radar early warning systems combined with tactical fighter and
bomber aircraft operating in a simulated high-threat environment.
The Stratotanker is deployed from the 319th Air Refueling Wing, Grand
Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The Fighting Falcons are operating out
of the 524th Fighter Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. DoD
photo by Senior Airman Jeffrey Allen, U.S. Air Force.
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