050614-N-0000I-005 Pacific Ocean (June 14, 2005) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the ÒKestrelsÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven (VFA-137), flies off the wing of a F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-2), during a training flight over the Pacific Ocean near the coast Southern California. The Super Hornet pictured is outfitted with an aerial refueling system (ARS) pod and drop tanks. The tanker-configured Super Hornet can carry more than 29,000 pounds of fuel including up to four external 480-gallon tanks and a 330-gallon AR
050614-N-0000I-005 Pacific Ocean (June 14, 2005) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the ÒKestrelsÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven (VFA-137), flies off the wing of a F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron Two (VFA-2), during a training flight over the Pacific Ocean near the coast Southern California. The Super Hornet pictured is outfitted with an aerial refueling system (ARS) pod and drop tanks. The tanker-configured Super Hornet can carry more than 29,000 pounds of fuel including up to four external 480-gallon tanks and a 330-gallon ARS. The Super Hornet returns a tactical airborne tanker capability to the Navy's carrier air wings, last provided by the KA-6D/A-6E Intruder. VFA-2 and VFA-137 are assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), currently embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is at sea conducting readiness training in support of the Navy's Fleet Response Plan. Navy photo by Midshipman John Ivancic (RELEASED US Navy 050614-N-0000I-005 An F-A-18E Super Hornet flies off the wing of a F-A-18F Super Hornet
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