030311-N-7265L-026 Pacific Ocean (Mar. 11, 2003) -- The Flight Deck Director guides an F/A-18C ÒHornetÓ assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) into position on one of four steam driven catapults on the shipÕs flight deck during an early evening launch cycle aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting missions in the western Pacific Ocean. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Inez Lawson. (RELEASED) US Navy 030311-N-7265L-026 The Flight Deck Director guides an F-A-18C Hornet into position

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030311-N-7265L-026 Pacific Ocean (Mar. 11, 2003) -- The Flight Deck Director guides an F/A-18C ÒHornetÓ assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) into position on one of four steam driven catapults on the shipÕs flight deck during an early evening launch cycle aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting missions in the western Pacific Ocean. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Inez Lawson. (RELEASED) US Navy 030311-N-7265L-026 The Flight Deck Director guides an F-A-18C Hornet into position on one of four steam driven catapults

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