Aug 15, 2012 6:30 AM

Gallery: Exclusive Photos: Flying With the Air Force's Airborne Gas Station

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A KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, lowers a boom to refuel an F-15C fighter during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*
The International Space Station in 2011. Image: NASA
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A KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, waits at the American Airlines terminal of JFK International Airport to take members of the media on a tour to view the refueling of F-15C fighter jets during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*

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Left to right: Maj. Mike Capodicasa, Cpt. Anthony Cannone, and SMSGT Wayne Hanna share a bag of chips as they pilot a KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, on a mission to refuel an F-15C fighter during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*
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A KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, lowers a boom to refuel an F-15C fighter during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*

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A KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, lowers a boom to refuel an F-15C fighter during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*
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MSGT. Ray Cruz pilots the boom of a KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, and refuels an F-15C fighter during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*

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An F-15C fighter hovers just off the wing of a KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, after refueling during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*
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An F-15C fighter hovers just off the wing of a KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, after refueling during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*

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A KC-10 refueling plane of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, pulls away from the American Airlines terminal of JFK International Airport after taking members of the media on a tour to view the refueling of F-15C fighter jets during a training exercise over the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday, August 14, 2012. *Photo: Victor J. Blue/ Wired*

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