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US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

US Navy\'s USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) aircraft carrier

U.S. Marines from the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance, Charlie Company navigates Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) at Bellows Air Force Station during an amphibious assault for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rebecca J. Moat.

Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (June 29, 2006) - USS Nashville (LPD 13) arrives in Souda Harbor for a routine port visit. Nashville’s is the tenth ship in the Austin-class of Amphibious Transport Docks. She departed her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia for a regularly scheduled six-month deployment as...

Pacific Ocean (July 14, 2006) - Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Thomas Vafias of San Diego, mans the forward bridge lookout aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) during a low visibility detail. Boxer is currently operating off the coast of Southern California in preparation for a...

The US Navy Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer USS O'Kane DDG-77 cruises Wednesday afternoon in the Gulf of Alaska south of Resurrection Bay near Seward Alaska during a mission part of Operation Northern Edge 2006. The 504 feet-long O'Kane is homeported in Pearl Harbor, displaces 9000 tons...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Weapons maintainers remove a targeting pod from an F-15C Eagle at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam June 22, 2006 during Exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The weapons maintainers and the F-15 are from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Valiant Shield 2006 is an intergraded...

PACIFIC OCEAN, (June 21, 2006) – An F/A-18C Hornet from Strike Squadron (VFA) 195 the “Dambusters,” conducts a fly-by during flight operations aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk typically conducts flight operations over a 12-hour period that includes both day and night missions. The...

USS RONALD REAGAN, At Sea (June 22, 2006) –Lieutenant Commander Todd Bode, assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three (VFA-113) in his F/A-18C Hornet, makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Exercise Valiant Shield...

PACIFIC OCEAN, (June 22, 2006) – An F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 the "Diamondbacks" launches off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) during cyclic flight operations. The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently participating in Valiant Shield...