From the archives: Sailors move a missile aboard USS Kitty Hawk, 2003

Aboard USS Kitty Hawk, March 20, 2003: Seaman John McMasters, front, and Seaman Jussip Hansen, both aviation ordnancemen, move a Phoenix missile. It was a busy day for the sailors known as mag rats, moving several missiles and bombs to the flight deck on the USS Kitty Hawk. Carrier Air Wing 5 flew 35 daytime sorties and 56 nighttime sorties, 42 of which were strike sorties on Iraq.

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