340th EARS extends fighter mission
Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets fly in formation after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Oct 17, 2016. The operational mission of Operation Inherent Resolve is to militarily defeat Da'esh in the Combined Joint Operation Area in order to enable whole-of-coalition governmental actions to increase regional stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis/Released)