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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Sonson of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 attaches an electrical wire to an inert training missile loaded onto an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 15, 2008.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Sonson attaches an electrical wire.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Sonson of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 attaches an electrical wire to an inert training missile loaded onto an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 15, 2008.

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