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F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Fighter Attack Squadron 303 (VFA-303) and Fighter Attack Squadron 305 (VFA-305) are respotted on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The two Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 (CVWR-30) squadrons are embarked aboard the carrier for a two-week annual training period

A Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 (VMFA-321) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft refuels in flight from a KC-10A Extender aircraft from the 344th Air Refueling Squadron. The Hornet is armed with a CATM-88 HARM captive air training missile. Aircraft of the reserve squadron are en route back to their home base after completing two weeks of active duty training at the Naval Air Warfare Center target complex at Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada

A Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft receives fuel from an Air Anti-submarine Squadron 31 (VS-31) S-3 Viking aircraft as two VFA-131 Hornets fly alongside

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Marine Fighter-Attack Squadron 323 (VMFA-323) sits on the flight line with other Hornets

An air-to-air right side view of a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 (VMFA-321) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft in formation returning to Naval Air Station, Fallon, after a close sir support training mission. The reserve squadron is at Fallon for two weeks of active duty training at the Naval Air Warfare Center target complex

An S-3B Viking aircraft of Air Anti-submarine Squadron 22 (VS-22) refuels an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft as two other F/A-18Cs stand by. The Hornets are from Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105)

An air-to-air right side view of a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 (VMFA-321) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft returning to Naval Air Station, Fallon, after a close sir support training mission. The reserve squadron is at Fallon for two weeks of active duty training at the Naval Air Warfare Center target complex

An air-to-air front view of a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 (VMFA-321) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft in a diamond formation as they return to Naval Air Station, Fallon, after a close air support mission. The reserve squadron is at Fallon for two weeks of active duty training at the Naval Air Warfare Center target complex

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Marine Fighter-Attack Squadron 323 (VMFA-323) sits on the flight line with other Hornets

An Aerial Refueler Squadron 208 (VAK-208) KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft refuels a Strike Fighter Squadron 303 (VFA-303) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft as two other Hornets wait for their turn during refueling operations near Naval Air Station, Fallon, part of Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 annual training operations

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Robert L. Lawson, USN (Ret.)

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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18/07/1989
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label_outline Explore Eka 3 B Skywarrior, Reserve Carrier Air, Skywarrior

An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

An air-to-air left side view of two F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron 303 (VFA-303) over Southern California

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of the Naval Strike Warfare School stands on the flight line prior to a mission

A bottom view of four Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron F/A-18A Hornet aircraft as they bank into a turn while executing a diamond 360-degree pass

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VFMA-531) rolls down the taxi way

A technician cleans the canopy of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron

An EA-3D Skywarrior aircraft of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 2 (VQ-2), Detachment B, lands on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

A Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft is hoisted aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The aircraft will be part of a flight deck display at the ship's commissioning ceremony on November 11

A UH-46D Sea Knight helicopter from the ammunition ship USS KISKA (AE 35) hovers above the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during Fleet Exercise 85. In the foreground are several F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 21. On the far right is an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft

U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack

An SH-3 Sea King helicopter takes off from the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft is in the left foreground

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