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A flight deck crewman signals to the pilots of an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter to starts its engines at the beginning of flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on March 9, 2006. The George Washington is conducting carrier qualifications and shipboard training in the Atlantic Ocean. The Seahawk is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28.

A flight deck crewman signals to the pilots of an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter.

A flight deck crewman signals to the pilots of an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter to starts its engines at the beginning of flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) on March 9, 2006. The George Washington is conducting carrier qualifications and shipboard training in the Atlantic Ocean. The Seahawk is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28.

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