Keywords: US Navy 040522-N-5821P-002 An S-3B Viking taxis onto catapult four in preparation for launch aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).jpg en Pacific Ocean May 22 2004 - An S-3B Viking assigned to the Fighting Redtails of Sea Control Squadron Twenty One VS-21 taxis onto catapult four in preparation for launch aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 following the Kitty Hawk's annual spring cruise The S-3B Viking is a multi-mission aircraft specializing in anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare plus aerial refueling Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility AOR the conventional aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk 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 3rd Class Jason T Poplin RELEASED 2004-05-22 040522-N-5821P-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 14388 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jason T Poplin PD-USGov-Military-Navy S-3B Viking Sea Control Squadron 21 United States Navy Flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 |