Archive photo of the day
Ready for launch, 2003
Stars and Stripes
May 2, 2023
(Kendra Helmer/Stars and Stripes)
Somewhere in the Persian Gulf, March 22, 2003: Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Klostermann, an aviation boatswain’s equipment mate, gives the thumbs-up for an aircraft to launch off the USS Kitty Hawk.