Caption:
Coral Sea (July 3, 2005) -- The conventionally-powered aircraft carrier
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) prepares to pull into Sydney, Australia, after
completing combined exercise Talisman Sabre with the Australian Defence
Force Joint Operations Command. This is the first time Kitty Hawk has
had a port-of-call in Sydney since 2001. Kitty Hawk is conducting its
summer underway period in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR),
demonstrating power projection and sea control as the world's only
permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka,
Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jarod Hodge
(RELEASED)
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