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Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lewis, a refueling boom operator assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., flies the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker into the refueling receptacle of a B-52 Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., during a refueling exercise in the skies over Texas, May 15, 2014. Lewis has been serving as a boom operator for more than 24 years and recently passed 6,500 total flight hours. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Victor J. Caputo)