After a successful refueling the F/A-18C Hornet from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-251 (VMFA-251), Beaufort, South Carolina, drops back into a post-refueling position. The Hornet is enroute to an early morning bombing mission somewhere in Afghanistan is support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-135R is assigned to the 319th Air Expeditionary Group, deployed to a classified location providing aerial refueling support for the operation. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon.