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A Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 105 fires off a flare while performing a rehearsal for an air power demonstration for sailors and distinguished visitors embarked on Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman while under way in the Mediterranean Sea Nov. 17, 2007.

FIRING A FLARE

A Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 105 fires off a flare while performing a rehearsal for an air power demonstration for sailors and distinguished visitors embarked on Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman while under way in the Mediterranean Sea Nov. 17, 2007.

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