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U.S. Sailors load an F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 154 and an F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron onto an aircraft elevator for transport from the hangar bay to the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis Jan. 22, 2009, in the Pacific Ocean. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific.

HORNET LOADING

U.S. Sailors load an F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 154 and an F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron onto an aircraft elevator for transport from the hangar bay to the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis Jan. 22, 2009, in the Pacific Ocean. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific.

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