080720-N-7571S-005 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 20, 2008) Lt. Cmdr. Eric Hanks shoots a French F-2 Rafale during combined French and American carrier qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). This event marks the first integrated and French carrier qualifications aboard a aircraft carrier. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast until the end of July. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released) Rafale Theodore Roosevelt03

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