F/A 18 Block 70 Super Advanced Hornet

The F/A-18 Block IIII Super Advanced Hornet refuelling via the KC-10 Extender Air-to-Air Refuelling Tanker Aircraft. 
- The KC-10 Extender is an air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft. The triple engined aircraft is in use with US armed forces and other coalition forces. The Extender can be used for cargo and passenger transport. 
About 60 KC-10 tankers are operational worldwide. The first flight of the KC-10 took place in July 1980. The first refuelling mission was performed with the C-5 Galaxy aircraft in October 1980 and it entered service in March 1981. The 60th KC-10 was delivered in November 1988. 
- The F/A-18 Block IIII Super Advanced Hornet is the newest highly capable, affordable and available tactical aircraft in U.S. Navy inventory. The Super Advanced Hornet is the backbone of the U.S. Navy carrier air wing now and for decades to come. 
The combat-proven Super Advanced Hornet delivers cutting-edge, next-generation multi-role strike fighter capability, outdistancing current and emerging threats well into the future. The Super Advanced Hornet has the capability, flexibility and performance necessary to modernize the air or naval aviation forces of any country. Two versions of the Super Advanced Hornet – the single-seat E model and the two-seat F model – are able to perform virtually every mission in the tactical spectrum, including air superiority, day/night strike with precision-guided weapons, fighter escort, close air support, suppression of enemy air defenses, maritime strike, reconnaissance, forward air control and tanker missions.