A United States Air Force F117 stealth fighter approaches the rear of a KC135 tanker plane as the fighter and seven other stealth fighters arrive at a mid-air refueling rendezvous over the Atlantic Ocean, 700 miles off Bangor, Maine and 300 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, November 20. The eight fighters, in the midst of a fifteen hour nonstop flight to Kuwait in the Persian Gulf, were refueled by KC-10 tankers travelling with them to the Gulf after those tankers received fuel from three KC135 tankers flying out of Bangor. The US military continues to build-up its forces in the Gulf region despite indications of a diplomatic resolution to the Iraq crisis.