Navy flight deck personnel direct an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 to the steam powered catapults aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in preparation for a launch in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 4, 2009. The Truman is underway conducting carrier qualifications.

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