080806-N-9076B-014 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2008) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the ÒDiamondbacksÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, piloted by Lt. David Robinson and Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Andrew, becomes the last aircraft launched from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk, which departed May 28 from Yokosuka, Japan, will send more than 900 crewmembers and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, based in Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Kitty Hawk will be decommissioned next year in Bremerton, Wash. ( Nav
080806-N-9076B-014 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2008) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the ÒDiamondbacksÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, piloted by Lt. David Robinson and Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Andrew, becomes the last aircraft launched from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk, which departed May 28 from Yokosuka, Japan, will send more than 900 crewmembers and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, based in Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Kitty Hawk will be decommissioned next year in Bremerton, Wash. ( Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Don Bray/Released) US Navy 080806-N-9076B-014 An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the
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