040714-N-4374S-002.JPG Arabian Gulf (July 14, 2004) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Sunlin...
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040714-N-4374S-002.JPG Arabian Gulf (July 14, 2004) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Sunliners" of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight One (VFA-81) prepares for a catapult launch aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are taking part in missions supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom during her deployment supporting the Navy's new Fleet Response Plan (FRP) Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier s...
| Tags: | 2004 july taken with nikon d1h |
| Credit: | U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Michael Sandberg (Public domain) · source |
| Uploaded: | Jul 14, 2004 |
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