050320-N-5781F-120 Sea of Japan (Mar. 20, 2005) - A catapult shooter gives the signal to launch an EA-6B Prowler, assigned to the “Gauntlets” of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Six (VFA-136), off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently participating in the joint exercises Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration (RSO&I) and Foal Eagle. RSO&I is a complex multi-phase exercise conducted annually, tailored to train, test, and demonstrate United States and Republic of Korea force projection and deployment capabilities. Foal Eagle
050320-N-5781F-120 Sea of Japan (Mar. 20, 2005) - A catapult shooter gives the signal to launch an EA-6B Prowler, assigned to the “Gauntlets” of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Six (VFA-136), off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently participating in the joint exercises Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration (RSO&I) and Foal Eagle. RSO&I is a complex multi-phase exercise conducted annually, tailored to train, test, and demonstrate United States and Republic of Korea force projection and deployment capabilities. Foal Eagle exercise runs simultaneously and trains in all aspects of Combined Forces Command's mission. The defensive Naval Foal Eagle exercises began Mar. 19, 2005 with eight Navy ships from the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Carrier Strike Group. Kitty Hawk demonstrates 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 Bo Flannigan (RELEASED) US Navy 050320-N-5781F-120 A catapult shooter gives the signal to launch an EA-6B Prowler, assigned to the %%5Eldquo,Gauntlets%%5Erdquo, of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Six (VFA-136), off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV
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