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Caption:
Indian Ocean (Aug. 3, 2006) -- Flight deck personnel taxi an F/A-18F
Super Hornet attached to the Diamondbacks from Strike Fighter Squadron
One Zero Two (VFA-102), during flight operations aboard USS Kitty Hawk
(CV 63). Carriers typically conduct flight operations over a
12-hour period each day, including both day and night missions.
Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, 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 Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick
L. Heil (RELEASED)
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