Chief Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Handling) Gilberto Cruz, leading chief petty officer of the Crash and Salvage Division, watches an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 launch from the waist catapults aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations.

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Chief Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Handling) Gilberto Cruz, leading chief petty officer of the Crash and Salvage Division, watches an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 launch from the waist catapults aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations.

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