An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

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Pacific Ocean, September 5, 2011 - An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a tiger cruise air show. Tiger cruises allow friends and family of deployed Sailors and Marines to spend time aboard a sea-going vessel to experience the ship's day-to-day operations. Ronald Reagan is returning from a seven-month deployment.

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