111201-N-YX169-174 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2011) Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Fuel) 2nd Class Robert De Soto, left, watches as Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Handling) Airman Michael Babers directs a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 as it takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) during an evening of training flights. The Ponce air department has overseen more than 39,000 safe landings and launches from the warship over the past 40. Ponce will be decommissioned in 2012. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Spe
111201-N-YX169-174 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2011) Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Fuel) 2nd Class Robert De Soto, left, watches as Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Handling) Airman Michael Babers directs a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 as it takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) during an evening of training flights. The Ponce air department has overseen more than 39,000 safe landings and launches from the warship over the past 40. Ponce will be decommissioned in 2012. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released) US Navy 111201-N-YX169-174 Sailors direct a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461
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