Hawker-Hunter training aircraft fly by in close proximity

MC2(SW) DEREK J. HURDER, USN

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) gather around the rails to watch a Hawker-Hunter training aircraft fly by in close proximity

Feb. 23, 2008. Mustin, attached to Destroyer Squadron One Five and permanently forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, is under way on a scheduled deployment in the Pacific Ocean.

Keywords: Hawker, Hunter, Mustin, training, Yokosuka, Japan, Pacific

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