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A pilot aboard an F/A-18F Super Hornet breaks away from his wingman during a close air support mission over Afghanistan, April 29, 2009. The aircraft is part of Carrier Air Wing 7, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT

A pilot aboard an F/A-18F Super Hornet breaks away from his wingman during a close air support mission over Afghanistan, April 29, 2009. The aircraft is part of Carrier Air Wing 7, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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