[Ready4Freddy]

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

It may have been a telephoto lens.

[maddog55]

Not that unusual and hard to say what the camera is set to.

[DuncanWaring]

Who would be flying that close to a refueling op, and why?

I would guess the photo is taken from the tanker, which is there for the purpose of performing the refueling.

[freedumb2003]

MRF ping.

I am, a F-16 Falcon fan but our brother MRF F/A 18 is always welcome to the party.

That is a beautiful shot of a fabulous bird.

[Ready4Freddy]

Aviation question ping

[TalonDJ]

http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/kc-130-tanker.jpg

[EveningStar]

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[rlmorel]

I don’t think it is too close. If my memory serves me, there are some tankers that have both a boom and a drogue, and if there is a boom operator there, the drogue is likely coming out from an area off to the side.

[Yo-Yo]

Could have been taken from the back seat of another F/A-18 refueling from the other wing.

[Vendome]

You never saw Top Gun?

[Vendome]

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