030409-F-1631A-001 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Apr. 9, 2003) -- A Navy F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter flying missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom receives fuel from a KC-10 “Extender.” The fighter is carrying a Joint Direct Attack Munition on its inside-port pylon. The “Extenders” are assigned to the 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, , are deployed to Burgas Airport and nearby Camp Sarafovo, Bulgaria, to support tanker operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, elimi
030409-F-1631A-001 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Apr. 9, 2003) -- A Navy F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter flying missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom receives fuel from a KC-10 “Extender.” The fighter is carrying a Joint Direct Attack Munition on its inside-port pylon. The “Extenders” are assigned to the 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, , are deployed to Burgas Airport and nearby Camp Sarafovo, Bulgaria, to support tanker operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Air Force photo by MSgt Dave Ahlschwede. (RELEASED) US Navy 030409-F-1631A-001 A Navy F-A-18 Hornet strike fighter flying missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender
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