Keywords: US Navy 040708-N-8213G-093 Catapult Safety Officer Lt. Russ Dicks gives the signal to launch an F-A-18E Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Fourteen (VFA-14) off the flight deck aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).jpg en South Pacific Ocean July 8 2004 - Catapult Safety Officer Lt Russ Dicks of Boca Raton Fla gives the signal to launch an F/A-18E Hornet assigned to the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron Fourteen VFA-14 off the flight deck aboard USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 Reagan is in the Pacific Ocean participating in Summer Pulse 2004 Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups CSGs demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat capability across the globe in five theaters with other U S allied and coalition military forces Summer Pulse is the Navy s first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan FRP U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Konstandinos Goumenidis RELEASED For more information go to <a href http //www cffc navy mil/summerpulse04 htm Target _BLANK >http //www cffc navy mil/summerpulse04 htm</a> 2004-07-08 040708-N-8213G-093 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 16407 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Konstandinos Goumenidis PD-USGov-Military-Navy Catapults of USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 Strike Fighter Squadron 14 United States Navy F/A-18 Hornet launches from USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 |