Inside the Air Force's Flying Gas Station
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Airborne 'gas stations
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AN OFFICE WITH A VIEW; PILOTING A “FLYING GAS STATION” - Support
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The Flying Gas Station a KC-135 Story, there is nothing like a KC
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Ohio Air National Guard Flies Gas Station In The Sky
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Jonathan Thorpe, assistant project manager, transient alert, 60th
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A KC-135 “Stratotanker” aircraft assigned to the 171st Air
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