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Caption:
Pacific Ocean (March 15, 2003) -- Flight deck Sailors refuel a
T-45C Goshawk aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The T-45
aircraft are used for intermediate and advanced portions of the
Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and
tactical strike mission instruction. The carrier qualifications
are normally conducted on an Atlantic-based carrier within close range
of the Navy's Meridian, Miss. training facility. However, the
T-45 pilot qualifications were moved to the Pacific since Stennis is
one of the few carriers not forward deployed to regions of
conflict. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Michael
Geary. (RELEASED)
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