080506-N-1038M-023 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 6, 2008) An aircraft director signals an EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136 after landing aboard the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are on a spring deployment Ð the ship's last before being replaced by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Anthony R. Martinez (Released) FD EA-6B VAQ-136 CV-63 6May2008

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