![A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, undertook a hot pit refueling operation at Lajes Field, on September 12, 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FP-20240708-spirit-bomber.jpg?quality=75&w=1000)
![A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, undertook a hot pit refueling operation at Lajes Field, on September 12, 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FP-20240708-spirit-bomber.jpg?quality=75&w=1000)
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