US Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Derrick Brooks helps prepare a F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircraft for launch off of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz September 3, 2013 operating in the Red Sea. Nimitz Strike Group is deployed to the area in preparation of possible military action against Syria.

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US Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Derrick Brooks helps prepare a F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircraft for launch off of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz September 3, 2013 operating in the Red Sea. Nimitz Strike Group is deployed to the area in preparation of possible military action against Syria.

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Size: 2960px × 4000px
Location: Red Sea
Photo credit: © US Navy Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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