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A KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, refuels F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing and 192nd Wing, Virginia ANG, during Operation Maverick’s Armistice April 22, 2025, on their way to Key West, Florida. OMA is a multi-unit, multi-state ANG agile combat readiness exercise, led by the 192nd Wing, VaANG, designed to test and validate critical lethal warfighting capabilities to ensure dominance in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kellyann Elish)

Virginia Air National Guard F-22 Raptor aircrafts were flown as part of joint exercise, Operation Maverick's Armistice, April 22, 2025, at Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia. OMA is a multi-unit, multi-state ANG agile combat readiness exercise, led by the 192nd Wing, VaANG, designed to test and validate critical lethal warfighting capabilities to ensure dominance in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Johnisa B. Jackson)

An F-22 Raptor from the the 1st Fighter Wing and 192nd Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, approaches the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft from the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG, for air refueling during Operation Maverick’s Armistice April 22, 2025, on their way to Key West, Florida. OMA is a multi-unit, multi-state ANG agile combat readiness exercise, led by the 192nd Wing, VaANG, designed to test and validate critical lethal warfighting capabilities to ensure dominance in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kellyann Elish)

A boom operator with the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, conducts air refueling for an F-22 Raptor from a KC-135R Stratotanker during Operation Maverick’s Armistice April 22, 2025, on their way to Key West, Florida. OMA is a multi-unit, multi-state ANG agile combat readiness exercise, led by the 192nd Wing, VaANG, designed to test and validate critical lethal warfighting capabilities to ensure dominance in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kellyann Elish)

During Operation Maverick’s Armistice, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rico Elmore, a pneudraulics mechanic with the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, inspects the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft’s right wing area after flight for any possible damages during flight April 22, 2025, at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. Operation Maverick’s Armistice is a multi-unit, multi-state ANG agile combat readiness exercise, led by the 192nd Wing, VaANG, designed to test and validate critical lethal warfighting capabilities to ensure dominance in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kellyann Elish)