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An MV-22 Osprey displays static lights while performing operational testing during night vision device flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island Sept. 18, 2014, while underway in the Persian Gulf. The lights make the rotors visible during nighttime takeoffs and landings. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robin W. Peak

An MV-22 Osprey displays static lights while performing operational testing during night vision device flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island Sept. 18, 2014, while underway in the Persian Gulf. The lights make the rotors visible during nighttime takeoffs and landings. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robin W. Peak

An MV-22 Osprey displays static lights while performing operational testing during night vision device flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island Sept. 18, 2014, while underway in the Persian Gulf. The lights make the rotors visible during nighttime takeoffs and landings. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robin W. Peak

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