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An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 departs a tanker track in Southern Afghanistan to head back to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan while two other Hornets join a British Royal Air Force L-1011 aerial refueling aircraft. Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 27, 2008.

BACK TO THE REAGAN

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 departs a tanker track in Southern Afghanistan to head back to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan while two other Hornets join a British Royal Air Force L-1011 aerial refueling aircraft. Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 27, 2008.

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