An AH-1 Sea Cobra gunship is silhouetted against an evening sky after taking off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3). Pilots are practicing takeoffs and landings to evaluate the ship's new landing light system, 1989

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Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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