Stratotanker returns to sun-split clouds after engine swap

Personnel load a General Electric CFM-56 engine onto a K-Loader April 20, 2013, in Southwest Europe. The engine was delivered via a C-130J Super Hercules and used to replace the No. 4 engine on a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron after it was damaged by a bird while landing. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Christopher Mesnard/Released)

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