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A U.S. Navy sailor cleans the nose of an F/A-18F Super Hornet as part of morning pre-flight preparations on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Sept. 19, 2005. The Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are conducting training off the coast of Southern California.

A U.S. Navy sailor cleans the nose of an F/A-18F Super Hornet.

A U.S. Navy sailor cleans the nose of an F/A-18F Super Hornet as part of morning pre-flight preparations on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Sept. 19, 2005. The Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are conducting training off the coast of Southern California.

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