ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK AT SEA (March 7, 2003) -- Two aviation boatswain’s mates, assigned to waist catapult division, signal “retracting shuttle” as S-3B “Vikings” line up for launch.
(U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom)
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ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK AT SEA (March 7, 2003) -- An E-2C “Hawkeye” assigned to the “Liberty Bells” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron
(VAW) 115 launches from one of four steam-powered catapults on the ship’s flight deck.
(U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom)
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USS CARL VINSON AT SEA (March. 2, 2003) -- A Shooter and a troubleshooter prepare for another aircraft after launching an F/A-18C Hornet from waist catapult three. Carl Vinson is currently on deployment in the western Pacific Ocean.
(U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class (AW) Inez Lawson)
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USS CARL VINSON AT SEA (March. 2, 2003) -- The Centerdeck Hatch Operator ensures that the catapult pressure is at the prescribed capacity for launching an F/A-18C Hornet.
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ABOARD USS CARL VINSON AT SEA
(Feb. 20, 2003) -- A landing signal enlisted (LSE) salutes an SH-60F Seahawk pilot from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 8 "Eight Ballers." The salute signifies that control of the aircraft is relinquished to the pilot. Carl Vinson is currently conducting operations in the Pacific Ocean.
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ABOARD USS CARL VINSON AT SEA (Feb. 21, 2003) -- Airmen from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 8 "Eight Ballers" stand by to chock and chain an incoming SH-60F Seahawk. Carl Vinson is currently conducting operations in the Pacific Ocean.
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ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK
AT SEA -- An F/A-18C Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 “Royal Maces” lands on
USS Kitty Hawk's (CV 63) flight deck Feb. 14. Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 remain mission-ready to respond to emergent national tasking where needed, and were recently ordered to the Central Command area of responsibility to join coalition forces preparing for possible operations in that area.
(U.S. Navy photo by
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ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK
AT SEA -- The Navy’s largest First Navy Jack, or “Don’t Tread On Me” flag, flies high above an E-2C Hawkeye on the flight deck of
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the aircraft carrier transited the Straits of
Malacca Feb. 15. Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 remain mission-ready to respond to emergent national tasking where needed, and were recently ordered to the Central Command area of responsibility to join coalition forces preparing for possible operations in that area.
(U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Todd
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ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK
AT SEA (Jan. 06, 2003) -- Aviation boatswain’s fuels personnel from air department perform stretcher-bearer training during flight deck drills. These simulated drills are necessary for the readiness of the crew in the event of an actual casualty.
Kitty Hawk is the world’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of
Yokosuka, Japan.
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ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK
AT SEA (Jan. 06, 2003) -- Lt. Tom Stanley of Kankakee, Ill.,
signals for return of the shuttle while directing steam catapult
testing. Before steam catapults are used to launch aircraft,
pre-tests called ”no loads” are performed to properly
calibrate the pressure needed for successful launches.
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