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US Navy (USN) flight deck personnel aboard the Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), prepare various aircraft for weather conditions, as they encounter a sandstorm while Operating the Persian Gulf. The KITTY HAWK and Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) is currently operating with coalition forces in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet from Fixed Wing Fighter Attack Squadron One-Nine Five (VFA-195) part of Carrier Air Wing Five(CVW-5) prepares to launch off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) aircraft of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), F/A-18C Hornets and S-3B Vikings are spotted on the flight deck in preparation for launching. On board the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) flight deck personnel from Air Department and Carrier Air Wing (CVW-5) prepare USN E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Fifteen (VAW-115), for flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), a Catapult and Arresting Gear Officer and a Ground Support Equipment (GSE) trouble-shooter signal a return of shuttle during a no-load evolution with embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5). CV 63 and CVW-5 are currently operating with coalition forces in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Sailors prepare USN F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Fighter Attack Squadron One Nine Five (VFA-195) and (VFA-27) for flight operations, on the flight deck, onboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet from Fixed Wing Fighter Attack Squadron One-Nine Five (VFA-195) part of Carrier Air Wing Five(CVW-5) launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An F/A-18 Hornet, Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA 195), Dambusters, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5), makes a recovery on the flightdeck of the USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The KITTY HAWK is conducting flight operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) USN flight deck personnel prepare to launch a USN F-14 Tomcat aircraft. The Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) are currently operating with coalition forces in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Todd Frantom, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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26/03/2003
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label_outline Explore Ph 3 Todd Frantom, Usn F, Kitty Hawk

U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) Sailors attach supplies to a Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 (HSC-28,"Dragon Whales") MH-60S Knighthawk (Sierra) multi-mission helicopter during an underway replenishment between the EISENHOWER and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Supply Class Fast Combat Support Ship USNS ARCTIC (T-AOE 8) on Jan. 25, 2007, while the EISENHOWER and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Apprentice Jon Dasbach) (Released)

A US Navy pilot onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), preflights an F-14 Tomcat prior to flight operations in the Persian Gulf. The USS JOHN C. STENNIS is deployed in the Persian Gulf in support of an Southwest build-up

US Navy Machinery Repairman Fireman Timothy Bowden (left) shows a trainee how to use blade sharpening tools in the machinery shop onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean. The STENNIS and embarked Carrier Air Wing 9 are operating together for the first time during a Composite Training Unit Exercise.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Heidi Giacalone) (Released)

A US Navy (USN) Sailor looks on as an F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircraft assigned to the "Fighting Vigilantes" Strike Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA 151) makes a turn on the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). The LINCOLN and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW 2) are currently underway to the Western Pacific for a scheduled six-month deployment

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Damage Controlman Fireman (DCFN) Heath Neal, uses the 1MC (general announcing system) to notify the crew of damage control efforts around the ship from Damage Control Central (DCC), during a fire fighting drill. Sailors train to defend the ship and control battle damage during such drills. The KITTY HAWK is currently in port at Yokosuka, Japan

Flight deck crewmen conduct flight operations with an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The F-14 is in position to be catapulted from the carrier

A right rear view of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 37 (VFA-37) of Carrier Wing (CVW-3) parked on the flight line. Behind the F/A-18C is an T-2C Buckeye trainer aircraft of Training Squadron 23 (VT-23)

An F-14 "Tomcat" engages it's afterburners prior to a night launch off the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in strikes missions over the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

Flight deck crewmen walk in front of a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck as a catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft lands on the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

AMN Justin Horn (left) signals LT Ron Gorman (center) and LT. Jim Bates during flight checks of an F-14 Tomcat aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Fighter Attack Squadron One Nine Five (VFA-195) taxies into position, on the flight deck, onboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

Right front view of an A-6 Intruder aircraft from Medium Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165) coming in for an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64). Two F-14 Tomcat aircraft are parked on the left

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