040903-N-5464G-033 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 3, 2004) Ð The conventional aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) combat systems department conducts a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) pre-aim calibration on CIWS Mount 24. CIWS, a 20mm automatic machine gun with radar tracking, is the final means to neutralize in-bound air threats. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Thero
040903-N-5464G-033 Pacific Ocean (Sept. 3, 2004) Ð The conventional aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) combat systems department conducts a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) pre-aim calibration on CIWS Mount 24. CIWS, a 20mm automatic machine gun with radar tracking, is the final means to neutralize in-bound air threats. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Theron J. Godbold (RELEASED) US Navy 040903-N-5464G-033 The conventional aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) combat systems department conducts a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) pre-aim calibration on CIWS Mount 24
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