Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Doug Bellew displays the weight of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft to the catapult safety officer before takeoff from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) underway in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 25, 2009. The ship and Carrier Air Wing 11 are conducting tailored ship's training availability off the coast of Southern California.

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