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Joint Base MDL technical sergeant, Red Hill native, supports combat air refueling missions as KC-10 boom operator

Tech. Sgt. Tyler Stone, KC-10 Extender boom operator with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, refuels a plane during an air refueling mission from a non-disclosed base on Southwest Asia on April 24, 2010. Sergeant Stone is deployed from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and his hometown is Red Hill, Penn. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

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Joint Base MDL technical sergeant, Red Hill native, supports combat air refueling missions as KC-10 boom operator

Tech. Sgt. Tyler Stone, KC-10 Extender boom operator with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, refuels aircraft while flying an air refueling mission from a non-disclosed base on Southwest Asia on April 24, 2010. Sergeant Stone is deployed from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and his hometown is Red Hill, Penn. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

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A boomer's job

Published April 30, 2010