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Visitors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln watch from behind the flight deck foul lines as an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron 151 launches to participate in a Carrier Air Wing 2 aerial change of command ceremony, Pacific Ocean, Oct. 6, 2008. The USS Lincoln and CVW 2 are returning from a seven-month deployment to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.

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Visitors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln watch from behind the flight deck foul lines as an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron 151 launches to participate in a Carrier Air Wing 2 aerial change of command ceremony, Pacific Ocean, Oct. 6, 2008. The USS Lincoln and CVW 2 are returning from a seven-month deployment to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.

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