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AI-generated image, using a US Air Force photo of B-21 Raider rendezvousing with a KC-135 Stratotanker for aerial refueling near Edwards Air Force Base in California on April 14, 2026, as a reference.
The manned Shenzhou-12 spacecraft onboard the Long March-2F rocket launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021, in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Kessel Run shares its "Mad Hatter" software with the "Green Mountain Boys" of the Vermont National Guard in South Burlington on February 12, 2020. (US Air National Guard photo by Miss Julie M. Shea)