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A U.S. Navy enlisted landing signalman gives the hover signal to the pilot of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on April 3, 2006. Lincoln and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are operating in the Western Pacific Ocean.

A U.S. Navy enlisted landing signalman gives the hover signal.

A U.S. Navy enlisted landing signalman gives the hover signal to the pilot of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on April 3, 2006. Lincoln and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are operating in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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