110524-N-5082P-003 ARABIAN SEA (May 24, 2011) Navy pilot Lt. Matthew L. Enoch and weapon systems officer Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Welsh, assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, pause their F/A-18F Super Hornet in front of the island after making the 400,000th arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to reach this milestone. Enterprise and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are conducting close-air support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.

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110524-N-5082P-003 ARABIAN SEA (May 24, 2011) Navy pilot Lt. Matthew L. Enoch and weapon systems officer Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Welsh, assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, pause their F/A-18F Super Hornet in front of the island after making the 400,000th arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to reach this milestone. Enterprise and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are conducting close-air support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brooks B. Patton ) US Navy 110524-N-5082P-003 Pilots pause their F-A-18F Super Hornet in front of the island after making the 400,000th arrested landing aboard the ai

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