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U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264, sit on the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) as the ship steams in the Suez Canal on March 1, 2009. The transit marks the USS Iwo Jima's departure from the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations to the Sixth Fleet area of operations.

U.S. Marine Corps aircraft sit on the flight deck.

U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264, sit on the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) as the ship steams in the Suez Canal on March 1, 2009. The transit marks the USS Iwo Jima's departure from the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations to the Sixth Fleet area of operations.

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