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U.S. Navy sailors push an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 146 into the corral area of the flight deck on board the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 29, 2008. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is conducting a composite training unit exercise off the coast of southern California.

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

U.S. Navy sailors push an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 146 into the corral area of the flight deck on board the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 29, 2008. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is conducting a composite training unit exercise off the coast of southern California.

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