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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An aircraft director directs the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft to hold in front of catapult two prior to a launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) underway in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 2, 2007.

An aircraft director directs the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft.

An aircraft director directs the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft to hold in front of catapult two prior to a launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) underway in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 2, 2007.

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