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Caption:

Pacific Ocean (May 31, 2006) - Aviation intermediate maintenance department's (AIMD) jet shop tests an F/A-18F Super Hornet jet engine on the fantail aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Thomas J. Holt (RELEASED)
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Photo description

Photo Date
 May 31, 2006
Photographer
 Photographer's Mate Airman Thomas J. Holt
Caption Writer
 LT Christopher Bishop, Deputy Director, NVNS
Copyright Status
 Public domain / free use
Service Branch
 US Navy
Primary Equipment
 CV 63
Other Visible Equipment
 Not available
Plane Number
 Not available
Base
 Not available
Tail Code
 Not available
Squadron
 Not available
Comments/Notes
 Night, jet engine test stand on fantail, after burner, jet powered aircraft carrier