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1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/F-18-take-off-uss-abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="An F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off at night, with a bright exhaust." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-xs text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/carrier-air-wing-9-houthi/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Carrier Air Wing 9 flew hundreds of combat sorties while fighting Houthis </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Carrier Air Wing 9 flew hundreds of combat sorties while fighting Houthis</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-xs leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold 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1250w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=1174&h=660 1174w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andersen-AFB-Elephant-Walk-Dec-2024.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, 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font-tertiary font-semibold text-xs text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/c-130s-guam-elephant-walk/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> C-130s from around the world gather for an ‘elephant walk’ </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">C-130s from around the world gather for an ‘elephant walk’</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-xs leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-xs pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8673969.jpg?w=280&h=186 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8673969.jpg?w=1440&h=959 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8673969.jpg?w=289&h=192 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8673969.jpg?w=370&h=246 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8673969.jpg?w=308&h=205 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8673969.jpg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" loading="lazy" alt="U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth "Sully" Brakefield, 344th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, smiles for a photo in the cockpit of a KC-46A Pegasus May 28, 2024, over the midwestern United States. Capt. Brakefield experienced a reunion at 25,000 feet when she refueled her brother's U.S. Navy EA-18 Growler during an aerial refueling mission. 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