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Caption:
Atlantic Ocean (May 25, 2005) -- A French Navy Rafale M multi-role
combat fighter from the French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle
performs a touch-and-go landing aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft
carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), during the Multi-National
Maritime Exercise (MNME) 05-1. More than 17,000 Sailors from the U.S.,
Canada, France, Great Britain and Spain participated in the exercise.
MNME 05-1 is an exercise focused on multi-national maritime
interoperability capabilities in support of NATO Response Force (NRF).
NRF combines elite land, air, sea, special operations, and mission
specific units into a single force that can be deployed anywhere in the
world in five days and sustain itself on a wide range of
missions. NRF is scheduled to be fully in place by 2006. U.S.
Navy photo by Airman Peter Carnicelli (RELEASED)
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