Staff Sgt. Andrew Valence, 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, watches out the rear window of a KC-135 Stratotanker as a French Mirage 2000 refuels over Africa Feb. 2, 2013. Tanker crews from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, began conducting refueling missions in support of French operations in Mali from a deployed location in southwest Europe Jan 27. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Austin M. May/Released)