Caption:
Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Sept. 14, 2003 -- A C-2A Greyhound
assigned to the "Providers" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Thirty
(VRC-30/Det 4) is the first plane to launch during the fly off of
Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) from the flight deck of USS Carl Vinson
(CVN 70). The Providers are home based at Naval Air Station North
Island, Calif. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is
returning home, to the West Coast this week, following an eight-month
deployment to the Western Pacific in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Chris M.
Valdez. (RELEASED)
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