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U.S. Navy sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet for launch April 16, 2008, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.

HORNET HUSTLE

U.S. Navy sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet for launch April 16, 2008, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.

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