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A flight deck director signals an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 41 onto catapult one aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 22, 2009.

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A flight deck director signals an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 41 onto catapult one aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 22, 2009.

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