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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Rashon McCall, assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron 102, connects a hoisting cable on a 20mm Vulcan Gatling gun at Atsugi, Japan, Dec. 27, 2005. The squadron recently returned to Japan after a regularly scheduled deployment aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk.

Big Gun

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Rashon McCall, assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron 102, connects a hoisting cable on a 20mm Vulcan Gatling gun at Atsugi, Japan, Dec. 27, 2005. The squadron recently returned to Japan after a regularly scheduled deployment aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk.

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