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An F/A-18 Hornet is decorated with Santa in the cockpit, Frosty on the back and Christmas lights on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, Norfolk, Va., Dec. 19, 2010.

An F/A-18 Hornet is decorated with Santa in the cockpit, Frosty on the back and Christmas lights on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, Norfolk, Va., Dec. 19, 2010.

An F/A-18 Hornet is decorated with Santa in the cockpit, Frosty on the back and Christmas lights on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, Norfolk, Va., Dec. 19, 2010.

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