After making contact with the drogue basket from the hose line, the pilot of an FA-18C Hornet from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-251 (VMFA-251), Beaufort, South Carolina, maintains steady control of the aircraft during an aerial refueling mission with a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 319th Air Expeditionary Group. The 319th AEG deployed to a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM providing aerial refueling support. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
25/10/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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