021117-N-3236B-001 At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 17, 2002 -- A Òfinal checkerÓ lines up the launch bar on an EA-6B ÒProwlerÓ from the ÒGauntletsÓ of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Six (VAQ-136), as it prepares to take off from one of four steam driven catapults on the shipÕs flight deck during Exercise Keen Sword 03 off the coast of Southern Japan. Keen Sword 2003 is the seventh in a series of regularly scheduled joint/bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and United States military. The purpose of K
021117-N-3236B-001 At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 17, 2002 -- A Òfinal checkerÓ lines up the launch bar on an EA-6B ÒProwlerÓ from the ÒGauntletsÓ of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Six (VAQ-136), as it prepares to take off from one of four steam driven catapults on the shipÕs flight deck during Exercise Keen Sword 03 off the coast of Southern Japan. Keen Sword 2003 is the seventh in a series of regularly scheduled joint/bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and United States military. The purpose of Keen Sword is to train and evaluate wartime functions and bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of a regional contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the and Japan. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED) US Navy 021117-N-3236B-001 A %%5Eldquo,final checker%%5Erdquo, lines up the launch bar on an EA-6B Prowler
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