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A pair of U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopters perform vertical replenishment operations with the destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) and the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) April 13, 2006. The two ships are operating in the South China Sea.

A pair of U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopters perform vertical replenishment operations.

A pair of U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopters perform vertical replenishment operations with the destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) and the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) April 13, 2006. The two ships are operating in the South China Sea.

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