2010年4月18日，阿富汗，傍晚时分，美国海军VFA-143"呕吐犬"战斗攻击机中队的F/A-18E"超级大黄蜂"正在空中加油，加油机是来自美国空军第379远征联队的KC-10A“致远”空中加油机。VFA-143中队随第五舰队进行战斗部署，为持久自由行动提供支持。（An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Pukin Dogs of Strike Fighter Squadron 143, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, refuels from an Air Force KC-10 tanker aircraft assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Wing. VFA-143 is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.）