U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Arnold Sosa, a KC-130 loadmaster assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, gives the pilot of an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter a thumbs up during an aerial exercise from a KC-130 in Beaufort, S.C., on March 19, 2015. The KC-130 is an extended range tanker transport aircraft modified for aerial refueling.