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A sailor directs an F/A-18 Hornet to a catapult during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 3, 2008. The Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

HORNET CATAPULT

A sailor directs an F/A-18 Hornet to a catapult during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 3, 2008. The Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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