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Flight deck crewmen direct a Navy F/A-18C Hornet to a catapult for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 16, 2006. Lincoln and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are conducting carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California.

Flight deck crewmen direct a Navy F/A-18C Hornet to a catapult.

Flight deck crewmen direct a Navy F/A-18C Hornet to a catapult for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 16, 2006. Lincoln and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are conducting carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California.

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