F/A-18 Super Hornet is refueled

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker that is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., while over Hawaiian air space during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise on July 20. RIMPAC, the world's largest maritime exercise is a biennial event which stresses interoperability of all partner nations as a key element of regional stability. There are 14 nations, 32 ships, five submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 20,000 personnel involved here in this exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

F/A-18 Super Hornet refueled over Hawaii

Published July 28, 2010
By Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker that is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., while over Hawaiian air space during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise on July 20. RIMPAC, the world's largest maritime exercise is a biennial event which stresses interoperability of all partner nations as a key element of regional stability. There are 14 nations, 32 ships, five submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 20,000 personnel involved here in this exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)