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117ARW honors fallen soldier

The remains of Sergeant Carlie M. Lee, III, U. S. Army, killed in action 15 May 2009 in Afghanistan is honored by members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham Air National Guard Base, Birmingham, Alabama 090521-F-6838O-140 USAF Photo by: MSgt Mark Owen "RELEASED"

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

Sather Air Base, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Kenneth Goodwin, 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a excavator to unearth a old, T-72, Iraqi battle tank from the infield of the airfield here April 25. Members of the 447th ECES discovered the tank while grading the infield. Sergeant Goodwin is an Air National Guardsman and Alabama native deployed to Sather from the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham International Airport, Ala. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Currier)

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Flying gas station

F-15 Eagles and an F-22 Raptor from the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., participate in an aerial refueling mission with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 117th Air Refueling Wing at Birmingham, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Reed)

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

01/09/2009 - SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq - Col. Jon Andre, 447th Air Expeditionary Group commander (left), pass command of the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron to Lt. Col. Waylon Blakeley in a ceremony at Sather Air Base in Baghdad Jan. 9. Colonel Blakeley is a Tennessee Air National Guard member deployed from the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Women pilots

Andersen AFB, Guam --A B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron recieves fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a practice aerial refueling mission near the Mariana Islands. The KC-135 is from the 106th Air Refueling Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard and the 96th EBS is deployed here from Barksdale AFB, La. (U.S. Air Force Photo By Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

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Hickam's C-17s deliver anywhere

Capt. Corey Reed pulls his C-17 Globemaster III up to a KC-135 Stratotanker Jan. 7 during aerial refueling practice over Oahu, Hawaii. Capt. Reed is from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The KC-135 is from the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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141st refueling over Mt. Rainier