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National Defense November 2004 Harold Kennedy	Guard Refueling Mission Proves a Bit Too Exciting To see what really goes on in the day-to-day life of the tanker fleet, a National Defense reporter rode along on a recent training mission flown by the 108th Air Refueling Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard.
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IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Tekla S. Perry	Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need?
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