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A Naval Air Systems Command P-8A Poseidon is refueled by a 459th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R Stratotanker over the Atlantic Ocean April 13, 2017. This was the first inflight refueling of a P-8A. The P-8A is only the second-ever Navy aircraft to be fitted with a receiver for aerial refueling; the first being the E-6B Mercury nearly 30 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)


AFRC, Navy team up for first-ever P-8 refueling

A Naval Air Systems Command P-8A Poseidon is refueled by a 459th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R Stratotanker over the Atlantic Ocean April 13, 2017. This was the first inflight refueling of a P-8A. The P-8A is only the second-ever Navy aircraft to be fitted with a receiver for aerial refueling; the first being the E-6B Mercury nearly 30 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen)

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U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt Joe Parker, KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, 336th Air Refueling Squadron, March ARB, Calif., refuels an F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters from the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., May 16, 2013. The 33rd Fighter Wing is a joint graduate flying and maintenance training wing that trains Air Force, Marine, Navy and international partner operators and maintainers of the F-35 Lightning II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo, Sr./RELEASED)
Eleven Airmen from March traveled to the NATO Days air show in Ostrava, Czech Republic at the end of September 2011 to display a KC-135 Stratotanker. “The Czech Republic made us feel welcome, were great hosts and seemed very excited to have both a B-52 and a KC-135 at their air show,” said Tech. Sgt. Patrick Martin, a boom operator with the 912th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)
Staff Sgt. Erin Casillas and Tech. Sgt. Jaime Hase from the 452nd Maintenance Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., put the final touches on nose art they applied to a March KC-135 Stratotanker Dec. 12, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Crusher
Tech. Sgt. Ronn Hutchinson leverages the navigator's into place in the flight cabin of a newly refurbished KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 19, 2011. Hutchinson is a crew chief with the 752nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
Crew chiefs Staff Sgt. Antonio Santiago (right) and Staff Sgt. Jose Garcia fit new harnesses around a repainted oxygen bottle inside a refurbished KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 19, 2011. The complete interior refurbishment of the 49-year-old aircraft was the first of 13 upcoming KC-135 refurbishments for the 452nd Maintenance Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
Tech. Sgt. Dana Mikles and Airman Kenneth Roy lower a refurbished galley into place inside a KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 19, 2011. Airmen from the 452nd Maintenance Group refurbished the interior of the 49-year-old aircraft in just 23 days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
Crew chief Staff Sgt. Antonio Santiago (right) and dedicated crew chief Staff Sgt. Jonathan Flynn fit new harnesses around a repainted oxygen bottle inside a refurbished KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 19, 2011. The complete interior refurbishment of the 49-year-old aircraft was the first of 13 upcoming KC-135 refurbishments for the 452nd Maintenance Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
Tech. Sgt. Ronn Hutchinson uses a flashlight to adjust the base of the navigator's chair in the flight cabin of a newly refurbished KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 19, 2011. Hutchinson is a crew chief with the 752nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
452nd Maintenance Squadron technicians Tech. Sgt. Brad Rosario (left) and Master Sgt. Bryan Shifflett demonstrate the use of a new sander with Col. Karl McGregor, 452nd Air Mobility Wing commander, during his tour of the KC-135 Stratotanker refurbishment facilities at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 18, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
(from left) Master Sgt. Bryan Shifflett, 452nd Maintenance Squadron, Col . Karl McGregor, 452nd Air Mobility Wing commander, and Col. Robert Stormes, 452nd Maintenance Squadron, exchange a laugh during a tour of a newly refurbished KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 18, 2011. This first refurbishment took about 25 working days, but the refurbishment program took nearly three years to implement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
Col . Karl McGregor, 452nd Air Mobility Wing commander, talks with Master Sgt. Bryan Shifflett (left) and Staff Sgt. Jonathan Flynn in the flight cabin of a newly refurbished KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 18, 2011. The KC-135 refurbishment program took nearly three years to implement and is the wing's first complete refurbishment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)
Master Sgt. Bryan Shifflett, 452nd Maintenance Squadron, shows Col . Karl McGregor, 452nd Air Mobility Wing commander, completed refurbishment work under the nose of a KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., July 18, 2011. This first refurbishment took 23 working days, but the refurbishment program took nearly three years to implement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Just)