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    Blue Angels en route to an air show [Image 13 of 25]

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    An aerial refueling operation is captured from above, showing a U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet receiving fuel from a tanker aircraft via a boom refueling system. The Blue Angels jet is distinctively painted in its iconic blue and yellow color scheme. The photograph is taken from the tanker's boom operator position, with clouds and terrain visible far below.

    SUGARLOAF, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    06.20.2012

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rachel Maul 

    U.S. Navy           

    An Air Force KC-135 from the 171st Air Refueling Wing fuels an F/A-18 Hornet flown by Lt. C.J. Simonsen, a lead solo pilot assigned to the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, over Sugarloaf, S.C. The Blue Angels were en-route to Latrobe, Pa., to perform at the Westmoreland County Air Show June 23-24. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rachel McMarr)

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    Date Taken: 06.20.2012
    Date Posted: 06.26.2012 09:51
    Photo ID: 612570
    VIRIN: 120620-N-DI587-251
    Resolution: 3806x2719
    Size: 783.9 KB
    Location: SUGARLOAF, SOUTH CAROLINA, US
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