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Air Department personnel run no-load tests on a catapult aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf, Nov. 27, 2005. The Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are conducting maritime security operations.

Aboard The Roosevelt

Air Department personnel run no-load tests on a catapult aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf, Nov. 27, 2005. The Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are conducting maritime security operations.

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