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305th AMW fuels Polar Roar

A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. receives fuel from a 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. during Polar Roar, a strategic deterrence exercise, in the skies near the North Pole, July 31. The rapid global mobility and air refueling capabilities of Air Mobility Command and the 305th Air Mobility Wing, ensured the B-52’s were able to complete their mission.

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305th AMW fuels Polar Roar

A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. receives fuel from a 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. during Polar Roar, a strategic deterrence exercise, in the skies near the North Pole, July 31. The rapid global mobility and air refueling capabilities of Air Mobility Command and the 305th Air Mobility Wing, ensured the B-52’s were able to complete their mission.

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305th AMW fuels Polar Roar

A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. receives fuel from a 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. during Polar Roar, a strategic deterrence exercise, in the skies near the North Pole, July 31. The rapid global mobility and air refueling capabilities of Air Mobility Command and the 305th Air Mobility Wing, ensured the B-52’s were able to complete their mission.

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305th AMW fuels Polar Roar

A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. receives fuel from a 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. during Polar Roar, a strategic deterrence exercise, in the skies near the North Pole, July 31. The B-52 received 70 thousand pounds of fuel from the KC-10 during the refueling.

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305th AMW fuels Polar Roar

A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. receives fuel from a 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. during Polar Roar, a strategic deterrence exercise, in the skies near the North Pole, July 31. Three B-52’s received fuel from four KC-10’s and continued on with their mission.

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305th AMW fuels Polar Roar

A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., approaches a KC-10 Extender, from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to receive fuel during Polar Roar in the skies over the North Pole, July 31. Polar Roar is a strategic deterrence exercise, involved four aircraft platforms from nine Air Force Bases and was conducted in three different theaters.

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305th AMW fuels Polar Roar

Published Aug. 2, 2016
By Senior Airman Joshua King
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. receives fuel from a 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. during Polar Roar, a strategic deterrence exercise, in the skies near the North Pole, July 31. The rapid global mobility and air refueling capabilities of Air Mobility Command and the 305th Air Mobility Wing, ensured the B-52’s were able to complete their mission.