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F-16 Fighting Falcons drop away from the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker after an in-flight refueling over the Adriatic Sea.
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons drop away from the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker after an in-flight refueling over the Adriatic Sea on April 27, 2001. The high performance fighters are operating out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of ongoing NATO operations in the Balkans. The Stratotanker is deployed from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Air Refueling Wing of McGuire Air Force Base.