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A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 87 refuels from an Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex during Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on April 18, 2007. Red Flag-Alaska is a field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft refuels from an Air Force KC-10 Extender.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 87 refuels from an Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex during Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on April 18, 2007. Red Flag-Alaska is a field training exercise for U.S. forces flown under simulated air combat conditions conducted on the Pacific Alaskan Range Complex with air operations flown out of Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force Bases.

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