050709-N-8060A-010 Mediterranean Sea (July 9, 2005) Ð An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the ÒDeath RattlersÓ of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three Two Three (VMFA-323), awaits to taxi forward to one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during night flight operations. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the 6th Fleet area of operations. Vinson will end her deployment with a homeport shift to Norfolk, Va., and commence a three-year refuel and complex overhaul. Navy photo by Cmdr. Chuck A
050709-N-8060A-010 Mediterranean Sea (July 9, 2005) Ð An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the ÒDeath RattlersÓ of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three Two Three (VMFA-323), awaits to taxi forward to one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during night flight operations. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the 6th Fleet area of operations. Vinson will end her deployment with a homeport shift to Norfolk, Va., and commence a three-year refuel and complex overhaul. Navy photo by Cmdr. Chuck Albrecht (RELEASED) US Navy 050709-N-8060A-010 An F-A-18C Hornet awaits to taxi forward to one of four steam powered catapults
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