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U.S. Navy sailors perform routine maintenance on an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 47 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) while underway in the Persian Gulf on July 2, 2008. The Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations.

U.S. Navy sailors perform routine maintenance on an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter.

U.S. Navy sailors perform routine maintenance on an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 47 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) while underway in the Persian Gulf on July 2, 2008. The Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations.

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