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On board the US Navy aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), a catapult officer signals the launch of a F/A-18 "Hornet" from Fighter Squadron Twenty Two (VFA-22), during Operation Western Pacific '96. The KITTY HAWK is on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) load a MH-60 Nighthawk helicopter during an ordnance move from the Military Sealift Command Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship USNS FLINT (T-AE 32) to the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) in the Philippne Sea, Oct. 23, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Jarod Hodge) (Released)

A aerial stern port side view of the US Navy KITTY HAWK CLASS Aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) with the crew lining the rail, as it departs Naval Station San Diego, CA. The KITTY HAWK is on its way to a six-month deployment in the Western Pacific

U.S. Navy Sailors man the rails of the Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) as it steams into Truman Bay, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 10, 2006, at the end of a 56-day winter underway period in the western Pacific Ocean. (Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class BArry R. Hirayama) (Released)

A MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC) MARS CLASS, COMBAT STORE SHIP (AFS) San Jose (T-AFS 7) comes along-side the US Navy aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) in preparation for underway and vertical replenishments (UNREP/VERTREP). The KITTY HAWK is on a six-month deployment in the Arabian Gulf

The aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) leaves its Pacific home port for the last time, after which it will report to the US Atlantic Fleet. On the left are the Ticonderoga Class Aegis Guided Missile Cruisers USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52), and USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

US Navy (USN) Deck Department Sailors heave on mooring lines as the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) prepares to depart its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan (JPN). The KITTY HAWK's Deck Department is responsible for maintaining the ship's hull, manning the small boats and providing expert seamanship services

A view through a fisheye lens of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) during refueling operations with the Fast Combat Support Ship USS Rainier (AOE 7). The KITTY HAWK is on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), USN Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Second Class (PR2) Jessica Haber, performs an air leak check on life preserver units. The USS KITTY HAWK is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, demonstrating power projection and sea control as the USN only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier

On board the US Navy aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Mess SPECIALIST 2nd Class Tammy Williams and Mess SPECIALIST 1ST Class Constante Corpuz prepare the crews evening meal in the ships galley. The KITTY HAWK is on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific

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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

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Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.

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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

Esther Kitomi Kaneko, director of the Kobo Cottage Orphanage, welcomes US Navy (USN) Sailors (not shown) during a community service project conducted by personnel from the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). During the project, 17 Sailors participated in singing, dancing and drawing at Yokosuka Naval Base (NB), Japan (JPN)

A line of dishes and drinks waits for the Marines and

Crewmembers participate in a volleyball tournament during the steel beach picnic on the flightdeck. The USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) celebrated its 58th day out at sea by having a steel beach picnic, which includes food and games on the flightdeck along with a swim call

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Storekeeper Seaman Joe Rinn of Houston, Texas, maneuvers supplies across the flight deck aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Christopher Redmond, from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs swaying to a Guided Bomb Unit 12 (GBU-12) Paveway II laer-guided weapon on an A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Jan. 10, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Christina D. Kinsey) (Released)

A US Navy (USN) seaman, as part of the corrosion prevention program, removes paint and rust from a metal surface on board the aircraft carrier USS KITY HAWK (CV 62) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

CHIEF Mess Management SPECIALIST (MSC) l'Akingan puts the icing on a cake in the galley. The air station Food Service Division has won a Captain Edward F. Ney Award for food service excellence for three consective years

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The landing signal officer watches as an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft comes in for a landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

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