Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Porter checks an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile for proper mounting on an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, prior to flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) on May 28, 2007. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in the Persian Gulf.

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