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U.S. Navy Seaman Sean Bibby directs an F/A-18F Super Hornet into position to await launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is deployed in the western Pacific and Indian oceans, Sept. 6, 2008.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Sean Bibby directs an F/A-18F Super Hornet into position to await launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is deployed in the western Pacific and Indian oceans, Sept. 6, 2008.

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