A Navy sailor directs an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft to a catapult prior to launch aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) on Oct. 4, 2006. The Eisenhower is under way in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications.

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