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An aircraft director guides an F/A-18F Super Hornet after it made an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a three-week training exercise before a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. The Hornet is a part of Strike Fighter Squadron 22.

An aircraft director guides an F/A-18F Super Hornet after it made an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a three-week training exercise before a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. The Hornet is a part of Strike Fighter Squadron 22.

An aircraft director guides an F/A-18F Super Hornet after it made an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a three-week training exercise before a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. The Hornet is a part of Strike Fighter Squadron 22.

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