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Time this year, i would say i'm done. but i know it would be 601 after that. >> you're saying this time 2020, you're going to try to get there. talk about what you do in addition to this. what is your responsibilities with the air force? give us an idea of your service to our great nation. >> i'm an in-flight refueler, known as a boom operator. i refuel aircraft while in the air, whether a fighter jet or a bomber. many times they have to get refueled in the air, so i appropriate at this much a mobile gas station. i get them what they need and they continue on their way. >> i've seen that in pe...

Refueling jet flying over iraq and syria. captain clark polika commanding the massive airborne gas station. >> a challenging environment. it's very rewarding. >> reporter: the first batch of planes, two f-15 eagle strike aircraft. getting them hooked up to the tanker at 400 miles per hour, a challenge for the crews of both planes. here is the boom operator. >> it is two moving aircraft. but they are moving at around the same speed. just the rate of closure that the aircraft has towards you, when they stop and you're able to give them that contact. >> reporter: the kc-10 refuels planes for all ...

Captain clark pillica commanding. >> dynamic air space, challenging environment. very rewarding. >> reporter: the first batch of planes, two f-15 eagle strike aircraft. getting them hooked up to the tanker at around 400 miles per hour, a challenge for the crews of both planes. boom operator says -- >> it is two moving aircraft but they are moving at around the same speed, so at the end it's just the rate of closure the aircraft has towards you when they stop whan you are actually able to give them that contact. >> reporter: it refuels planes from all members of the u.s.-led coalition against i...

Not too far from them. frederik pleitgen was in the air with americans assisting in the fight. >> reporter: this thanksgiving americans are in harm's way fighting isis. on the ground and in the air. we're on board a kc 10 extender refueling jet flying over iraq and syria. captain clark palika commanding the massive airborne gas station. >> it's a demanding airspace. challenge but rewarding. >> reporter: the first batch of planes, getting them hooked up at around 400 miles per hour, a challenge for the crews of both planes. the boom operator says. >> it's two moving aircrafts, but they are movi...

Captain clark palika commanding the massive airborne gas station. >> it's a dynamic airspace, challenging environment, but it's very rewarding. >> the first batch of planes, two f-15 eagle strike aircraft. getting them hooked up to the tanker at around 400 miles per hour, a challenge for the crews of both planes. boom operator says. >> it is two moving aircrafts. they are moling around the same speed. at the end, the rate of closure the aircraft has towards you when they stop and when you're able to actually give them that contact. >> the kc-10 refuels planes from all members of the u.s.-led c...