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U.S. marks anniversary of jet refueling

 
BY JAY F. MARKS    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: January 2, 2009
photo - An F-16 finishes refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker on June 26 during a refueling mission over the Gulf of Mexico. The KC-135 is based at Tinker Air Force Base. PHOTOS BY PAUL HELLSTERN, OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
An F-16 finishes refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker on June 26 during a refueling mission over the Gulf of Mexico. The KC-135 is based at Tinker Air Force Base. PHOTOS BY PAUL HELLSTERN, OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE

It all started 80 years ago.

On Jan. 1, 1929, the first major air refueling operation helped an aircraft dubbed the Question Mark spend a week in the sky, the commander of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command said.

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