In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, photo, released by the U.S. Air Force, Maj. Gena Fedoruk, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, pre-flights her aircraft before taking off from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of a mission conducting airstrikes in Syria. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Matthew Bruch)