An Aviation Boatswains Mate (Launch and Recovery Equipment) 3rd Class gives a thumbs up to the shooter, seconds before an F/A-18 Hornet Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 192 "Golden Dragons," part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, is launched from the USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) flightdeck. ABEs make sure the launch bar is connected to the catapult that will launch the aircraft allowing it to gain lift faster
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS Kitty Hawk
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John E. Woods, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
24/11/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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