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British Navy Chief Callum Gardner directs an F/A-18 hornet onto a catapult on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Persian Gulf, Jan. 01, 2015.

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British Navy Chief Callum Gardner directs an F/A-18 hornet onto a catapult on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Persian Gulf, Jan. 01, 2015.

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