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Aircraft are readied for launch off the bow catapults of the USS Ronald Reagan during night flight operations, Pacific Ocean, July 11, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Aircraft are readied for launch off the bow catapults of the USS Ronald Reagan during night flight operations, Pacific Ocean, July 11, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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