US Navy 060530-N-8604L-051 An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks, of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) launches off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Pacific Ocean (May 30, 2006) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks, of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) launches off the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua Wayne LeGrand (RELEASED)