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U.S. Navy Airman Jason Rickards adjusts some equipment in the cockpit of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the aircraft carrier operates in the South China Sea on April 24, 2006. Rickards is a Navy aviation structural mechanic equipment assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 137, deployed aboard the Lincoln from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.

Airman Jason Rickards adjusts some equipment in the cockpit of an F/A-18E Super Hornet.

U.S. Navy Airman Jason Rickards adjusts some equipment in the cockpit of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the aircraft carrier operates in the South China Sea on April 24, 2006. Rickards is a Navy aviation structural mechanic equipment assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 137, deployed aboard the Lincoln from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.

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