Caption:
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- An F/A-18 Hornet from the
USS Kitty Hawk, receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker
assigned to the 186 Air Refueling Wing currently deployed to Andersen
Air Force Base, Guam, August 02, 2005. Currently under way in the 7th
Fleet area of responsibility, the USS Kitty Hawk is the Navy's only
permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka,
Japan. The 186th ARW are deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam to provide
air-to-air refueling between distant locations supporting naval
aviation operations and Air Force B2, F-15Es aircraft deployed to Guam.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by: SSgt Bennie J. Davis III) (RELEASED
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