030914-N-2009B-028 Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Sept. 14, 2003 -- F/A 18C Hornets from the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) are positioned for launch from the waist catapults on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during Carrier Air Wing NineÕs (CVW-9) fly off. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is returning home, to the West Coast this week, following an eight-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Bridgette Beaudion. (RELEASED) US Nav


030914-N-2009B-028 Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Sept. 14, 2003 -- F/A 18C Hornets from the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) are positioned for launch from the waist catapults on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during Carrier Air Wing NineÕs (CVW-9) fly off. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is returning home, to the West Coast this week, following an eight-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Bridgette Beaudion. (RELEASED) US Navy 030914-N-2009B-028 F-A 18C Hornets from the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) are positioned for launch


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