U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Marcel Trott, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, takes off from a base in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility on a mission supporting airstrikes in Syria, Sept. 23, 2014. Multiple KC-135 Stratotankers were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike ISIL targets in Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch/Released)