Photo essay: KC-10 refuels Navy fighters over Afghanistan

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From left, an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 flies beside an Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft as it refuels one of two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to VFA-97 during a flight over Afghanistan on Oct. 15, 2009. The F/A-18s are part of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Group, which is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Photo/Lt. j.g. Kyle Terwilliger)

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KC-10 refuels Navy fighters over Afghanistan

From left, an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 flies beside an Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft as it refuels one of two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to VFA-97 during a flight over Afghanistan on Oct. 15, 2009. The F/A-18s are part of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Group, which is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Photo/Lt. j.g. Kyle Terwilliger)

OVER AFGHANISTAN – A KC-10 Extender refueled numerous F/A-18C Hornet fighter planes assigned to VFA-97 during a flight over Afghanistan on Oct. 15, 2009. The F/A-18s are part of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Group, which is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.