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U.S. sailors secure the waist catapults after launching aircraft on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Gulf, March 5, 2012.

CATAPULT SPRINT

U.S. sailors secure the waist catapults after launching aircraft on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Gulf, March 5, 2012.

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