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U.S. Navy Seaman Justin Klippert installs a leading edge flap transmission assembly on an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 13, 2010. Klippert is an aviation structural mechanic airman.

LEADING EDGE

U.S. Navy Seaman Justin Klippert installs a leading edge flap transmission assembly on an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 13, 2010. Klippert is an aviation structural mechanic airman.

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