010511-N-1665B-003 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 11, 2001) -- A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter unloads cargo onto the flight deck during a Vertical replenishment (VERTREP) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk is engaged in Exercise Tandem Thrust 01. Exercise Tandem Thrust is a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This bi-annual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 military members are participating with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. Tandem Thrust is a training exercise f
010511-N-1665B-003 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 11, 2001) -- A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter unloads cargo onto the flight deck during a Vertical replenishment (VERTREP) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk is engaged in Exercise Tandem Thrust 01. Exercise Tandem Thrust is a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This bi-annual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 military members are participating with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. Tandem Thrust is a training exercise for crisis action planning and execution for contingency response operations. Kitty Hawk which operates out of Yokosuka Navel Base, Japan, is the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Staci M. Bitzer. (RELEASED) 010511-N-1665B-003 by navalsafetycenter
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