A French Mirage fighter takes on fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Africa on Jan. 30, 2013. KC-135s with the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, England, began operating from a forward-deployed location on Jan. 27, 2013, in order to provide support to the French military, which is engaged in combat operations against Islamist forces in northern Mali, according to wing officials. (Air Force photo by Capt. Jason Smith