Accession Number: 2020-035-02
Original work: oil on linen
Original size: 18 by 30 inches
Two Navy F/A-18 Hornets of VFA-143 (Fighter Attack Squadron 143,) the famous “Pukin’ Dogs,” assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln are topped off by an Air Force KC-135 tanker from an undisclosed Air Force Base. Being able to refuel very quickly in flight allows the Hornet to carry more ordinance at take-off and to extend its range or loiter time, limited only by the endurance of the pilot. Aerial refueling has come a long way since its first trials of manually extending the equivalent of a garden hose from a hand-held tank in one bi-plane to a second bi-plane by removing the gas cap and inserting the hose like normal into the gas tank in 1923
Reproduction Size:
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