Caption:
Central Command Area of Responsibility (Feb. 17, 2003) - An F/A-18C
Hornet sits ready on catapult three, one of four steam-powered
catapults aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty
Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 remain mission-ready to respond to
emergent national tasking where needed, and were recently ordered to
the Central Command area of responsibility to join coalition forces
preparing for possible operations in that area. Kitty Hawk is the U.S.
Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates
out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd
Class Todd Frantom. (RELEASED)
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