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Carrier Air Wing 5 Aircraft Returns Home

Lt. Jake Parsons is met by his wife Glory as he returns from duty in the Middle East. Lt. Parsons was deployed in support of the war against Iraq with The Golden Dragons of VFA 27. Parsons and his wife are expecting their first child in September. When asked what she thought of while her husband was deployed to the war Mrs. Parsons answered, "I just prayed all the time." U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call


Home from the war against Iraq, Capt. Pat Driscoll receives a warm welcome from his wife Caroll and family. Capt Driscoll, who commands Carrier Air Wing 5 was deployed aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. A crowd of family members met the air wing for a homecoming at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call


Safe at home, Lt Cmdr. Mark Lind and his wife Cile embrace after he has returned home from the war in the Gulf. Lind is an F/A 18 pilot with the Dambusters of VFA-195 and was deployed aboard the USS Kitty Hawk in support of the war against Iraq. He and the majority of Carrier Air Wing 5 recently returned home to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, after a four-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call

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USS Kitty Hawk sailors “man the rails” as the carrier returns from 103 days at sea.

USS Kitty Hawk sailors look on as their home port of Yokosuka comes into view Tuesday morning.

USS Kitty Hawk sailors wave flags as they man the rails Tuesday morning.

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I just thought I'd throw this one in too, because I'd never seen these twin .50 cal mounts except on patrol craft.

And the caption says he's using a sextant. He's actually using a stadimeter, which finds distance to an object of known height.