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U.S. Navy flight deck personnel guide an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 154 onto a catapult on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a Carrier Air Wing 9 fly off, in the Pacific Ocean on July 3, 2009. The Stennis is en route to San Diego to offload Carrier Air Wing 9 prior to heading back to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash. The Stennis is returning from a six-month deployment to the western Pacific.

U.S. Navy flight deck personnel guide an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft onto a catapult.

U.S. Navy flight deck personnel guide an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 154 onto a catapult on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a Carrier Air Wing 9 fly off, in the Pacific Ocean on July 3, 2009. The Stennis is en route to San Diego to offload Carrier Air Wing 9 prior to heading back to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash. The Stennis is returning from a six-month deployment to the western Pacific.

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