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Caption:
At sea with USS George Washington (CVN 73) Sep. 24, 2002 -- Lt. West
McCall, an F-14 Tomcat pilot from Deland, Fla., and Lt. Kimberly
Arrington, a Radar Intercept Officer from King, N.C., both assigned to
the "Jolly Rogers" of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF-103), test
fire a Phoenix air to air missile as part of the annual proficiency
test during Exercise Mediterranean Shark. The Phoenix missile is
the Navy's only long-range air-to-air missile. It is an airborne
weapons control system with multiple-target handling
capabilities. Exercise Mediterranean Shark is a bilateral
training exercise conducted in Morocco by a U.S. Marine Expeditionary
Unit MEU/SOC (Special Operations Capable), to show the effectiveness of
the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF). George Washington and
her embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are on a scheduled six
month deployment and have participated in combat missions in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Southern Watch. U.S.
Navy photo by Capt. Dana Potts. (RELEASED)
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