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J-STARS refueling over Iraq

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a Joint Surveillance Terminal Attack Radar System (J-STARS) over Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. The J-STARS mission was the last over Iraq during Operation New Dawn. The J-STARS provided airborne, stand-off range, surveillance and target acquisition radar, and command and control capabilities to ground personnel.

 

(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Placie)

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Uploaded on January 20, 2012
Taken on January 20, 2012