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Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Velazquez moves to a safe location as a Blue Angel F/A-18A Hornet starts to taxi down the airfield at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2005. The Blue Angels are at El Centro for their annual winter training. The 10-week winter training will conclude in early March after the team completes a minimum of 120 flights during a rigorous six-days-a-week, three-flights-per-day schedule. Velazquez is a Navy aviation ordnanceman.
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