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An E-2C Hawkeye launches from one of four steam-powered catapults as an F/A-18 Hornet taxis into position on the busy flight deck of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) operating in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 2, 2004. The Nimitz is conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise off the coast of southern California. The Hawkeye is assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117.

An E-2C Hawkeye launches from one of four steam-powered catapults.

An E-2C Hawkeye launches from one of four steam-powered catapults as an F/A-18 Hornet taxis into position on the busy flight deck of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) operating in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 2, 2004. The Nimitz is conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise off the coast of southern California. The Hawkeye is assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117.

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