Caption:
KITTY HAWK (CV 63), At Sea (Feb. 14 2005) -- Members of the Japanese
Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) watch an E-2C Hawkeye from Carrier
Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115 as it approaches for a
landing on the flight deck flight USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Tours
of Kitty Hawk are conducted to raise awareness of 7th Fleet missions
and the importance of forward-deployed naval forces. Currently
under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk
demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only
permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka,
Japan.U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tommy Umholtz
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