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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Rowe and U.S. Navy Seaman John-Ray Dacara performs preflight checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 aboard USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, March 30, 2015. Rowe is an aviation structural mechanic and Dacara is an aviation machinist's mate airman.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Rowe and U.S. Navy Seaman John-Ray Dacara performs preflight checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 aboard USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, March 30, 2015. Rowe is an aviation structural mechanic and Dacara is an aviation machinist's mate airman.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Rowe and U.S. Navy Seaman John-Ray Dacara performs preflight checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 aboard USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, March 30, 2015. Rowe is an aviation structural mechanic and Dacara is an aviation machinist's mate airman.

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