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A U.S. sailor guides the arresting wire as it retracts after an arrested landing of an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Arabian Sea, Sept. 19, 2006.

ARRESTING WIRE

A U.S. sailor guides the arresting wire as it retracts after an arrested landing of an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Arabian Sea, Sept. 19, 2006.

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