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U.S. Navy sailors transport an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on Jan. 18, 2009. The ship is participating in the Carrier Strike Group 8 composite unit training exercise before its next deployment.

U.S. Navy sailors transport an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile.

U.S. Navy sailors transport an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on Jan. 18, 2009. The ship is participating in the Carrier Strike Group 8 composite unit training exercise before its next deployment.

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