010514-M-0000M-001 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 14, 2001) -- Pilots pull their aircraft up to an S-3B Viking during a mid-air refueling. USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) is currently participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust 01, a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This biennial exercise is being held in the vicinity of the Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia, involving more than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. Canadian units are taking part as opposing forces. Tandem Thrust is a training exercise for crisis action planning and execution for conti


010514-M-0000M-001 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 14, 2001) -- Pilots pull their aircraft up to an S-3B Viking during a mid-air refueling. USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) is currently participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust 01, a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This biennial exercise is being held in the vicinity of the Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia, involving more than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. Canadian units are taking part as opposing forces. Tandem Thrust is a training exercise for crisis action planning and execution for contingency response operations. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Lee McCaskill. (RELEASED) 010514-M-0000M-001 by navalsafetycenter


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