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A 71st Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey is refueled by a 522nd Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Combat Shadow II Jan. 4, 2012, over New Mexico.\u00a0 The 71st SOS is located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and the 522nd SOS at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.\u00a0 The MC-130J provided in-flight refueling as part of a joint-base partnership.\u00a0 (U.S. Air Force photo\/Senior Airman James Bell)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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