Keywords: US Navy 030411-N-0780F-089 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.jpg en 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 2003-04-11 030411-N-0780F-089 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6720 U S Navy photo by Paul Farley PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy in the Iraq War Military aircraft in the Iraq War Aerial refueling of F/A-18 Hornet Aerial refueling by KC-135 Stratotanker as seen from tanker 163d Reconnaissance Wing California Air National Guard |