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Caption:
ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 12, 2001)- The superstructure of the Kitty
Hawk before starting night flight operations. Kitty Hawk is currently
participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust 01, which is a combined United
States and Australian military training exercise. This biannual
exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoal water Bay training
area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airman
and Marines are participating. Canadian units are taking part as
opposing forces. Tandem Thrust is a training exercise for crisis action
planning and execution for contingency response operations. Kitty Hawk
operates out of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan and is the world's only
forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy Photograph by
Photographer's Mate Airman Lee McCaskill (RELEASED)
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