A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter, Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15), Valions, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), hooks up and refuels from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo tanker during a mission over the Persian Gulf. The Hornet is armed with a couple of 500-pound bombs. The VFA-15 is currently embarked aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) with Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Persian Gulf
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Tabor, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/10/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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