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FA-18 Hornet assigned to the All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 (VMFA (AW)-224), Beaufort Marine Station, South Carolina, prior to receiving an in-air refueling from a KC-10 Extender, assigned to the 305th Air Refueling Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, over the Strait of Gibraltar, in the Mediterranean Sea. The FA-18’s are deploying to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia. (USAF PHOTO BY SRA RICHARD T. KAMINSKY 970221-F-5742K-012)