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A flight deck crewman is surrounded by steam as he conducts final checks on a T-45C Goshawk aircraft prior to launching from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 23, 2007.

FINAL CHECK

A flight deck crewman is surrounded by steam as he conducts final checks on a T-45C Goshawk aircraft prior to launching from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 23, 2007.

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