Live-fire exercise aboard USS George Washington
Summary
A RIM-116 ship-launched intercept aerial guided missile is launched from a rolling airframe missile launcher during a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is conducting carrier qualifications and flight deck certification in preparation for a homeport change to Yokosuka, Japan, to replace the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
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Date
09/02/2008
Source
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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