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A flight deck crewman raises his arms as he directs the pilot of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft to the steam catapult in preparation for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) while conducting flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 7, 2007.

A flight deck crewman raises his arms as he directs the pilot of an F/A-18E Super Hornet.

A flight deck crewman raises his arms as he directs the pilot of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft to the steam catapult in preparation for launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) while conducting flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 7, 2007.

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