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Central Command Area of Responsibility (Feb. 17, 2003) -- Personnel assigned to the "Providers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HC-5) wash an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command ship USNS Concord (T-AFS 5).  Kitty Hawk and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) 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 Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan.  U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class William H. Ramsey.  (RELEASED)

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Copyright Status
Public domain / free use
Service Branch
US Navy
Primary Equipment
SH-60
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