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Caption:
Arabian Gulf (June 6, 2004) -- An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the "Pukin'
Dogs" of Fighter Squadron One Four Three (VF-143) launches from one of
four steam powered catapults aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The
Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier and Carrier Air
Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support
of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Washington is one of seven aircraft
carriers involved in the Summer Pulse 2004 Exercise. Summer Pulse 2004
is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups
(CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible
combat power across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S.,
allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy first
deployment under its new Fleet Readiness Plan (FRP). U. S. Navy photo
by Photographer's Mate Airman Michael D. Blackwell II (RELEASED)
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