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A flight deck director gives hand signals to the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet as it moves onto catapult one to prepare to launch from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2009.

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A flight deck director gives hand signals to the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet as it moves onto catapult one to prepare to launch from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2009.

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