USS Kitty Hawk, off the coast of Japan, Pacific Ocean, April 15, 2002: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Lazenby, an air traffic controller, updates flight information on a board in the USS Kitty Hawk’s air traffic control center. The carrier spent its first few days out at sea qualifying pilots for carrier landings. Each pilot must complete four landings during the day and one at night to earn his carrier qualifications.

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