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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Paul K. Hillard makes a final inspection of the firing pins of 500-pound bombs mounted underneath an F-14 Tomcat on the flight deck off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) on Dec. 6, 1999. The Eisenhower and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 are operating in the Atlantic Ocean as part of Joint Task Force Exercises in preparation for a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.

Chief Hillard makes a final inspection of the firing pins of 500-pound bombs mounted underneath an F-14 Tomcat.

Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Paul K. Hillard makes a final inspection of the firing pins of 500-pound bombs mounted underneath an F-14 Tomcat on the flight deck off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) on Dec. 6, 1999. The Eisenhower and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 are operating in the Atlantic Ocean as part of Joint Task Force Exercises in preparation for a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.

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