Caption:
Flight deck personnel make final checks on a F/A-18 Hornet
assigned to the "Rampagers" of Fighter Attack Squadron Eight Three
(VFA-83) as it makes ready for launch on the number one catapult,
during carrier qualifications aboard the U.S. Navy's nuclear powered
aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), April 27, 1996.
Enterprise and Carrier Air Wing One Seven (CVW 17) are
participating in the Combined Joint Task Force Exercise '96, as part of
a multinational force of over 50,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and
Marines from Canada, Britain and the United States. U.S. Navy Photo by
Mike Corrado (Released)
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