Refueling the refueler

Master Sgt. Bill Fitch, 351st Air Refueling Squadron chief boom operator, refuels an MC-130P Combat Shadow from a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 over the Atlantic Ocean during a sea rescue mission June 26. The two aircraft were part of a group of five from the United States and England which participated in a mission to pluck a sick man from a ship off the coast of Ireland and deliver him to a medical treatment facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

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VIDEO: RAF Mildenhall air assets aid in rescue operation

Published June 29, 2009
By Senior Airman Heather Stidham
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Five aircraft from the United States and England worked together to pluck a man complaining of abdominal pains from a ship in the Atlantic Ocean and transport him to a medical facility in Shannon, Ireland June 26.

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Refueling the refueler