Video by Senior Airman Kelly OConnor
Astral Knight 2019
100th Air Refueling Wing
June 3, 2019 | 1:20
A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II from the 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AFB, Utah receives fuel from a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker from RAF Mildenhall, England, during exercise Astral Knight over Italy, June 3, 2019. AK19 is a joint, multinational exercise designed to test Integrated Air and Missile Defense capabilities and will involve a combination of flight operations and computer-assisted exercise scenarios. Participants include the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, U.S. Army Europe forces, and members from the Italian and Croatian air forces.

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We recently refueled over Italy for an exercise called Astral Knight and met up with some F-35s. Let's just say it was a pretty big deal and those F-35s sure were thirsty. Out to Italy and back? No problem.
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