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A Navy plane captain from Strike Fighter Squadron 195 cleans the interior canopy of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft before flight operations on board the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on Oct. 26, 2006. The Kitty Hawk, operating out of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, is operating off the coast of southern Japan.

A Navy plane captain cleans the interior canopy of an F/A-18F Super Hornet.

A Navy plane captain from Strike Fighter Squadron 195 cleans the interior canopy of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft before flight operations on board the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on Oct. 26, 2006. The Kitty Hawk, operating out of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, is operating off the coast of southern Japan.

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