050119-N-5464G-011 Pacific Ocean (Jan. 19, 2005) Ð Sailors assigned to the Weapons Department aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), move a palette of MK-84 2000 pound general purpose bombs into a magazine. The Mk-84 is a multi-purpose bomb designed to provide blast and fragmentation effects and can be configured with several different guidance systems to customize the weapon to the mission requirements. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, opera
050119-N-5464G-011 Pacific Ocean (Jan. 19, 2005) Ð Sailors assigned to the Weapons Department aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), move a palette of MK-84 2000 pound general purpose bombs into a magazine. The Mk-84 is a multi-purpose bomb designed to provide blast and fragmentation effects and can be configured with several different guidance systems to customize the weapon to the mission requirements. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), 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 Airman Theron J. Godbold (RELEASED) US Navy 050119-N-5464G-011 Sailors assigned to the Weapons Department aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), move a palette of MK-84 2000 pound general purpose bombs into a magazine
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