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A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as the ship operates in the Atlantic Ocean on March 1, 2008. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 of Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft launches.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as the ship operates in the Atlantic Ocean on March 1, 2008. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 of Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.

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