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A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 2, 2014.

A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 2, 2014.

A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 2, 2014.

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