Off the Japanese coast, April 15, 2002: A flight deck “shooter” signals as an F-18 Hornet from VFA-195 prepares to launch from the USS Kitty Hawk’s flight deck.

ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK, April 15, 2002: A flight deck crew member aboard the USS Kitty Hawk carries a device that displays the weight on an aircraft prior to launch.

More than 2,000 people gathered to say goodbye to the USS Kitty Hawk, a 48-year-old ... They talked about watching the sky light up from the flight deck during a nuclear test off the ...

021114-N-1810F-018 At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 14, 2002 -- An F-14 Tomcat assigned to the Black Knights of Fighter Squadron One Five Four (VF-154) launches past steaming catapults on ...

Named after the North Carolina site where the Wright brothers took flight in their “heavier-than-air machine” in 1903, Kitty Hawk was hailed as the first in a “new and greatly improved line ...

080428-N-7883G-683 HONG KONG (April 28, 2008) – USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) prepares to anchor in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor April 28. This is Kitty Hawk’s last overseas port visit before being ...

Jun. 1—Only have a minute? Listen instead To bring a supercarrier like the former USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in through the jetties of the Brazos Santiago Pass, everything has to be just right, and ...

The dismantling of the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier in service with the US Navy, USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). **Timeline:** 0:00 The Dismantling of USS Kitty Hawk 1:30 Arrival at the ...

BREMERTON — The USS Kitty Hawk, the nation's last oil-fired aircraft carrier, departed Bremerton on Saturday for a 16,000-mile journey around South America for its ultimate fate: scrapping at a ...

Burleson man shares a gripping story of courage and faith while recalling the 1973 USS Kitty Hawk fire ... “As we entered the ladder well when leaving the flight deck on the port side of the ...

BREMERTON — The USS Kitty Hawk, the nation's last oil-fired aircraft carrier, departed Bremerton on Saturday for a 16,000-mile journey around South America for its ultimate fate: scrapping at a ...

The USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) prepares to anchor in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on April 28, 2008. This was the ship's last overseas port visit before being relieved by USS George Washington (CVN 73 ...