INDIAN OCEAN (April 16, 2012) An aircraft director guides an F/A-18 Hornet onto the bow catapults for launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed participating in Exercise Malabar 2012 with ships and aircraft from the Indian Navy. ( Navy

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