Archive photo of the day
Return of the Kitty Hawk, 2003
Stars and Stripes
April 6, 2023
(Joseph Giordono/Stars and Stripes)
Yokosuka, Japan, May 6, 2003: Kitty Hawk sailors show the colors as the ship pulls into its home port. The supercarrier returned after a four-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Read the story of Kitty Hawk’s homecoming from the Persian Gulf here.