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An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 211, embarked aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), lands on the ship's flight deck while underway in the Coral Sea during a deck landing qualification evolution on July 7, 2009.

An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft lands on the flight deck.

An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 211, embarked aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), lands on the ship's flight deck while underway in the Coral Sea during a deck landing qualification evolution on July 7, 2009.

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