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A U.S. Navy aviation boatswain's mate checks behind him as he directs an S-3B Viking aircraft to a catapult prior to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) while the ship conducts flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean on March 13, 2006. Enterprise and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 1 are conducting a composite training unit exercise in the Atlantic.

A U.S. Navy aviation boatswain's mate checks behind him as he directs an S-3B Viking.

A U.S. Navy aviation boatswain's mate checks behind him as he directs an S-3B Viking aircraft to a catapult prior to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) while the ship conducts flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean on March 13, 2006. Enterprise and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 1 are conducting a composite training unit exercise in the Atlantic.

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