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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Leon Threkel runs a daily maintenance check on a E-2C Hawkeye aircraft Nov. 16, 2006, aboard USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way conducting routine carrier operations off the coast of Southern California.

HAWKEYE CHECK

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Leon Threkel runs a daily maintenance check on a E-2C Hawkeye aircraft Nov. 16, 2006, aboard USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way conducting routine carrier operations off the coast of Southern California.

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