Caption:
ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 20, 2008) -- A French F-2 Rafale fighter launches
off the flight deck during combined French and American carrier
qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN
71). This event marks the first integrated U.S. and French carrier
qualifications aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier. The Theodore Roosevelt
Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise
"Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast until the end of July.U.S.
Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John M.
Stratton (RELEASED)
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