0905191985M-816 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 19, 2009) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 launches from the aircraft carrier USS George Bush (CVN 77) during the ship's first day of flight operations. George Bush is the tenth and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and is underway off the coast of Virginia conducting flight deck certification. Navy

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