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U.S. Navy sailors wash down an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on March 24, 2008. The Lincoln and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are underway in the Pacific for a seven-month deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The sailors are attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 34.

U.S. Navy sailors wash down an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft.

U.S. Navy sailors wash down an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on March 24, 2008. The Lincoln and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are underway in the Pacific for a seven-month deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The sailors are attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 34.

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