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The USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) plows through the waters of the Pacific Ocean as it makes its approach to the oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) during a replenishment-at-sea evolution on Aug. 9, 2004. The Kitty Hawk is participating in a scheduled deployment and supporting Summer Pulse 2004, a Navy exercise where seven aircraft carrier strike groups will learn new ways of operating, training, manning and maintaining their fleet.

The USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) plows through the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

The USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) plows through the waters of the Pacific Ocean as it makes its approach to the oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) during a replenishment-at-sea evolution on Aug. 9, 2004. The Kitty Hawk is participating in a scheduled deployment and supporting Summer Pulse 2004, a Navy exercise where seven aircraft carrier strike groups will learn new ways of operating, training, manning and maintaining their fleet.

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