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U.S. Navy Lt. Josh Pace performs a preflight inspection on an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge while the ship is under way in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 25, 2011. Pace is a pilot assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22.

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U.S. Navy Lt. Josh Pace performs a preflight inspection on an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge while the ship is under way in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 25, 2011. Pace is a pilot assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22.

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