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A sailor performs maintenance on one of the propellers of an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft 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 sailor performs maintenance on one of the propellers of an E-2C Hawkeye.

A sailor performs maintenance on one of the propellers of an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft 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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