LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A delicate dance of mission success and critical failure, that’s what KC-135 Stratotanker operators face when on a refueling mission.

Those missions started from right here in Lincoln.

The men and women of the Air National Guard in Lincoln with the 155th Refueling Wing rehearse this dance many times making sure they know each move they or the receiving plane can make.

On this mission, the crew were headed out to Wyoming and western Nebraska to refuel and meet up with a pair of B-2 Stealth Bombers on their way back from training to base in Missouri.

The work starts before take off with the maintenance crew.

“This thing’s from 1957, so to take care of this thing it takes it takes an entire community,” said Sgt. Dayton Bailey, Flying Crew Chief.

It’s an often forg

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