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U.S. Navy sailors attach an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Arabian Gulf, May 20, 2011. The sailors are assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 146.

U.S. Navy sailors attach an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Arabian Gulf, May 20, 2011. The sailors are assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 146.

U.S. Navy sailors attach an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Arabian Gulf, May 20, 2011. The sailors are assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 146.

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