The F/A-18E Super Hornet is serving as an aerial refueler for French combat planes operating from the French Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier.
The images in this post were taken on March 9 over the Persian Gulf (or “Arabian Gulf” if you want to use the term used by the U.S. armed forces lately).
The pictures show an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 Sunliners refueling two French Super Étendard Marine and one Rafale Marine aircraft from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the vicinity of the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
The French and American nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently deployed along with their battle groups to support strike operations in Iraq and Syria.
Last week a Rafale Marine “omnirole” aircraft belonging to the 11F operated aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the last of a series of joint training events aimed at improving carrier integration.
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