Dropping the 'Hammer'

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. refuels an F-22A Raptor from the 49th Fighter Wing from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., in midair during a Combat Hammer mission during a two-week large-scale evaluation. Combat Hammer is also known as a Weapons System Evaluation Program for air-to-ground weapons. Almost every fighter in the Air Force inventory participated in the evaluation held at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, which also included bombers and unmanned aircraft systems. The 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron executes the 'Hammer' missions by evaluating the entire weapons process from loading to flight to the target. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Christopher Johnson.)

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