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Two Japan Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion aircraft fly over U.S. Navy ships and Japan Self-Defense Force ships during the conclusion of exercise Annualex in the Philippine Sea Nov. 16, 2007.

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Two Japan Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion aircraft fly over U.S. Navy ships and Japan Self-Defense Force ships during the conclusion of exercise Annualex in the Philippine Sea Nov. 16, 2007.

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