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![U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brad Yeomans, a boom operator with the 328th Air Refueling Squadron, operates the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker May 12, 2022 over Northeastern U.S. Before becoming a U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brad Yeomans, a boom operator with the 328th Air Refueling Squadron, operates the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker May 12, 2022 over Northeastern U.S. Before becoming a](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M7RY69/us-air-force-tech-sgt-brad-yeomans-a-boom-operator-with-the-328th-air-refueling-squadron-operates-the-boom-of-a-kc-135-stratotanker-may-12-2022-over-northeastern-us-before-becoming-a-boom-operator-yeomans-was-a-c-130-hercules-loadmaster-for-the-914th-air-refueling-wing-in-2017-the-914th-arw-changed-aircraft-from-c-130-hercules-to-kc-135-stratotankers-2M7RY69.jpg)
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Luke Story, 909th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, is on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to participate in annual Exercise Cope North. Story helped the 909th
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![An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) Boom Operator, mans his position aboard an Ohio (OH), Air National Guard (ANG), KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, during a refueling mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) Boom Operator, mans his position aboard an Ohio (OH), Air National Guard (ANG), KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, during a refueling mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2002/08/13/an-unidentified-us-air-force-usaf-boom-operator-mans-his-position-aboard-an-451fcf-1024.jpg)