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Caption:
Pacific Ocean (March 14, 2003) -- A T-45C Goshawk comes in for a land
on the flight deck aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Goshawks
are used for both intermediate and advanced portions of both the Navy
and Marine Corps pilot training programs for carrier aviation and
tactical strike-mission instruction. Carrier qualifications are
normally conducted on Atlantic-based carriers within close range of the
Meridian, Miss. training facility. However, the Navy was forced
to move T-45 pilot qualifications to the Pacific due to the deployment
of Atlantic fleet carriers to the Arabian Gulf. U.S. Navy photo
by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Word. (RELEASED)
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