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Pilots and squadron personnel prepare their F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for flight operations on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on Nov. 30, 2005. Kitty Hawk and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 are conducting operations in the South China Sea.

Pilots and squadron personnel prepare their F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for flight operations.

Pilots and squadron personnel prepare their F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for flight operations on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on Nov. 30, 2005. Kitty Hawk and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 are conducting operations in the South China Sea.

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