A NATO AWACS approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker, from the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling Wing, for air-to-air refueling Aug. 1, 2013, over St. John’s, Canada. The AAR allowed the E-3A Component to complete its 13 ½-hour, transatlantic flight from NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, to Seattle, Wash.