# F-16 refuelling, Exercise Green Flag East - 081201-F-3071N-235

- By: U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Nimmo Sr.
- Date: 2008-12-01
- Classification: Photograph
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A U.S. Air National Guard General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker on 1 December 2008 en route to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana (USA), to take part in exercise "Green Flag East". The exercise was a pre-deployment exercise for U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command flying units that performed close-air support and precision-guided munitions delivery. The F-16 was from the 120th Fighter Squadron of the Colorado Air National Guard, the KC-135 from the 197th Air Refueling Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard.