040904-N-5821P-064 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 4, 2004) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), hurtles down the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during the conclusion of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group (CSG) summer underway period. The Diamondbacks and the nine other squadrons and detachments that comprise Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are conducting fly-offs from Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk is currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), demonstrating power projection and sea cont
040904-N-5821P-064 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 4, 2004) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), hurtles down the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during the conclusion of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group (CSG) summer underway period. The Diamondbacks and the nine other squadrons and detachments that comprise Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are conducting fly-offs from Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk is currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), demonstrating 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 3rd Class Jason T. Poplin (RELEASED) US Navy 040904-N-5821P-064 An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), hurtles down the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
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