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Lt. Col. Eric Rivero, 349th Air Refueling Squadron operations officer, flies toward another KC-135 Stratotanker during a Receiver/Tanker training flight July 13, 2016, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Real-world training flights enable Team McConnell pilots to gain hands-on experience for R/T missions a simulator simply can’t provide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Preston Webb)