Air Force Lt. Col. James Studer prepares to take off in a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 29, 2016, while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Studer is a pilot assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, deployed from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis