040904-N-5232L-075 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 4, 2004) - Sailors aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) perform a "Scrub Ex," the cleaning of the flight deck, after the completion of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) fly-off evolution. Scrub Ex's helped maintain traction on the flight deck surfaces for planes and support equipment. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control, as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. Navy ph


040904-N-5232L-075 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 4, 2004) - Sailors aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) perform a "Scrub Ex," the cleaning of the flight deck, after the completion of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) fly-off evolution. Scrub Ex's helped maintain traction on the flight deck surfaces for planes and support equipment. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control, as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jason D. Landon (RELEASED) US Navy 040904-N-5232L-075 Sailors aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) perform a Scrub Ex, the cleaning of the flight deck


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