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Caption:
Northern Iraq (Apr. 11, 2003) -- An F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter
embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) receives fuel from an Air
National Guard Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker during a combat mission in
direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Stratotanker,
assigned to the 163rd Air Refueling Wing, March Air Reserve Base,
Calif., is forward deployed to a European operating base. Truman
and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are conducting combat
missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi
Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi
people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the
regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley.
(RELEASED)
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