HARBOR HORNET - An F/A-18 Hornet flies next to a KC-135 stratotanker after receiving fuel during a refueling mission supporting the Rim of the Pacific exercise in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 9, 2010. The biennial, multinational exercise is designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability. The stratotanker is assigned to 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy LockMILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
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