A USAF KC-135 tanker refuels a Navy A-6E while A-7E Corsair IIs from VA-72, assigned to USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), await their turn, over Saudi Arabia, c. February 1991. Long-range air operations during Desert Storm involved extensive tanking. Crews
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
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