US Navy (USN) (green shirt) Catapult Safety Officer, Aviation Boatswain's Mate First Class (AB1) Robert Sanders stands ready for a signal to launch a USN C-2A Greyhound aircraft from the flight deck of the Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The KITTY HAWK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight operation in support of Exercise SUMMER PULSE 2004. The Exercise involves the simultaneous of seven aircraft Carrier Strike Groups, demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theaters with other US, Allied, and Coalition Military Forces. Summer Pulse is the Navys first...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) (green shirt) Catapult Safety Officer, Aviation Boatswain's Mate First Class (AB1) Robert Sanders stands ready for a signal to launch a USN C-2A Greyhound aircraft from the flight deck of the Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The KITTY HAWK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight operation in support of Exercise SUMMER PULSE 2004. The Exercise involves the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft Carrier Strike Groups, demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theaters with other US, Allied, and Coalition Military Forces. Summer Pulse is the Navys first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP).
Subject Operation/Series: SUMMER PULSE 2004
Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Bo J. Flannigan, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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