010517-N-0271M-002 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 17, 2001) -- Lt. David Johnson from Aurora, Colo., gives the signal for take off as a F/A-18 Hornet is catapulted off the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk is participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust which is a combined United States, Australian and Canadian military training exercise. This bi-annual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 military members are participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of Exercise Tande
010517-N-0271M-002 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 17, 2001) -- Lt. David Johnson from Aurora, Colo., gives the signal for take off as a F/A-18 Hornet is catapulted off the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk is participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust which is a combined United States, Australian and Canadian military training exercise. This bi-annual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 military members are participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of Exercise Tandem Thrust is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. Kitty Hawk, which operates out of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, is the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Lee McCaskill. (RELEASED) 010517-N-0271M-002 by navalsafetycenter
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