A US Navy sailor wearing a Santa Claus costume serves as a flight shooter as he launches a F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter aircraft on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson December 12, 2014 in the Arabian Gulf. The ship is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria against Islamic State targets.


A US Navy sailor wearing a Santa Claus costume serves as a flight shooter as he launches a F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter aircraft on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson December 12, 2014 in the Arabian Gulf. The ship is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria against Islamic State targets.


Size: 3200px × 2130px
Location: Arabian Gulf
Photo credit: © US Navy Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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