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A U.S. Navy aviation ordnanceman (left) conducts a post-flight weapons check of a training weapon aboard an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft after a flight evolution on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) on Nov. 16, 2006. The Reagan is under way conducting routine carrier operations off the coast of Southern California.

A U.S. Navy aviation ordnanceman conducts a post-flight weapons check.

A U.S. Navy aviation ordnanceman (left) conducts a post-flight weapons check of a training weapon aboard an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft after a flight evolution on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) on Nov. 16, 2006. The Reagan is under way conducting routine carrier operations off the coast of Southern California.

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