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Description A boom from a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker is visible as it flies over Wake Island on 15 December 2006. The KC-135 was from the 74th Air Refueling Squadron, part of the 434th Air Refueling Wing from Grissom Air Force Reserve Base, Indiana (USA). Wake Island was devastated by 185 mile per hour winds and a storm surge caused by Super Typhoon Ioke on 31 August of 2006.
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Source U.S. Air Force photo 061215-F-2034C-101
Author U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo

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current16:30, 19 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:30, 19 December 20063,000 × 1,993 (605 KB)Uwe W. (talk | contribs)Fuel for the Pacific A boom from a KC-135 Stratotanker is visible as it flies Dec. 15 over Wake Island. The KC-135 is from the 74th Air Refueling Squadron, part of the 434th Air Refueling Wing from Grissom Air Force Reserve Base, Ind. Wake Island was dev

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