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040606-N-1045B-010
040606-N-1045B-010.Arabian Gulf (June 6, 2004) - An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the ÒPukinÕ DogsÓ of Fighter Squadron One Four Three (VF-143) launches from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier and Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Washington is one of seven aircraft carriers involved in the Summer Pulse 2004 Exercise. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy first deployment under its new Fleet Readiness Plan (FRP). U. S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Michael D. Blackwell II (RELEASED) For more information go to: www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040602-0856.html.
040606-N-1045B-010
040606-N-1045B-010.Arabian Gulf (June 6, 2004) - An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the ÒPukinÕ DogsÓ of Fighter Squadron One Four Three (VF-143) launches from one of four steam powered catapults aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier and Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Washington is one of seven aircraft carriers involved in the Summer Pulse 2004 Exercise. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy first deployment under its new Fleet Readiness Plan (FRP). U. S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Airman Michael D. Blackwell II (RELEASED) For more information go to: www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040602-0856.html.