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USS Kitty Hawk's air department sailors raise a flight deck barricade during a training drill while at sea, July 27, 2007. Aircraft barricades are used to stop a damaged aircraft from landing on the ship.

RAISING THE BARRICADE

USS Kitty Hawk's air department sailors raise a flight deck barricade during a training drill while at sea, July 27, 2007. Aircraft barricades are used to stop a damaged aircraft from landing on the ship.

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