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Caption:
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 19, 2009) -- An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Air Test
and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, piloted by Lt. Patrick McKenna and
Cmdr. Beau Duarte, became the first aircraft to be catapulted from the
aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the
tenth and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and is underway off the
coast of Virginia conducting flight deck certification. U.S. Navy
photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael
Tackitt (RELEASED)
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