OVER IRAQ -- A pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons launch flares during a mission Aug. 18. The aircraft are assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, from the New Mexico Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)
040807-N-0120R-083 Pacific Ocean (Aug. 7, 2004) – USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) navigate into position for a photo exercise. Kitty Hawk and Stennis CSGs recently participated in Joint Air/Sea Exercise 2004 (JASEX ‘04). Kitty Hawk is currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) as the ship demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class William H. Ramsey (RELEASED)
040821-N-4748O-089 Pacific Ocean (Aug. 21, 2004) - Lt.Cmdr. Jake Jacoby from Seattle, Wash., and Lt.Cmdr. (Select) Mark Sibon from Oak Harbor Wash., gives the go to a T-45A Goshawk assigned to Training Air Wing Two (TW-2) to launch from catapult one. Lincoln is currently conducting operations in preparation for its deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Geanine I. Ortez (RELEASED)