070317-N-5627R-249 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 17, 2007) - As Aviation MachinistÕs Mate 3rd Class Ymor Libao from Sacramento, Calif., directs, Aviation MachinistÕs Mate 2nd Class Justin Tinch from Galium, Ohio, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Jason Raleigh from Gilbert, Ariz., start up the engines of an F/A-18C Hornet during a low power turn in the hangar bay aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are underway in support of operations in the western Pacific. Navy photo by Mass Communica

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070317-N-5627R-249 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 17, 2007) - As Aviation MachinistÕs Mate 3rd Class Ymor Libao from Sacramento, Calif., directs, Aviation MachinistÕs Mate 2nd Class Justin Tinch from Galium, Ohio, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Jason Raleigh from Gilbert, Ariz., start up the engines of an F/A-18C Hornet during a low power turn in the hangar bay aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are underway in support of operations in the western Pacific. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joanna M. Rippee (RELEASED) US Navy 070317-N-5627R-249 sailors start up the engines of an F-A-18C Hornet during a low power turn in the hangar bay aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

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