050219-N-5781F-025 Pacific Ocean (Feb. 19, 2005) - An Aviation Boatswain’s Mate directs an F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Two (VFA-192), onto a steam-powered catapult aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bo Flannigan (RELEASED) US Navy 050219-N-5781F

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050219-N-5781F-025 Pacific Ocean (Feb. 19, 2005) - An Aviation Boatswain’s Mate directs an F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Two (VFA-192), onto a steam-powered catapult aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bo Flannigan (RELEASED) US Navy 050219-N-5781F-025 An Aviation Boatswain's Mate directs an F-A-18C Hornet onto a steam-powered catapult aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

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