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A U.S. Navy plane director positions an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, left, onto a catapult as an EA-6B Prowler aircraft, right, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Pacific Ocean, April 5, 2008.

POSITIONING A HORNET

A U.S. Navy plane director positions an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, left, onto a catapult as an EA-6B Prowler aircraft, right, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, which is under way in the Pacific Ocean, April 5, 2008.

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