# @usairforce on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMLtfjatCLd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32406792-usairforce-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/63e23aafba.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-16T21:00:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) — https://gondola.cc/usairforce

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An F-15E Strike Eagle closes in on a KC-135 Stratotanker during nighttime aerial refueling over the Southeastern U.S.

Since 1957, the KC-135 has kept fighters like the F-15E – capable of carrying up to 23,000 pounds of munitions – in the fight and on target.

📸 Tech. Sgt. Alexander Cook

#F15E #KC135 #NightOps #AerialRefueling #StrikeEagle #AirMobility #JetFuel

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strikeeagle, nightops, jetfuel, airmobility, f15e, aerialrefueling, kc135

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