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A Sailor directs an AV-8B Harrier II during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft is secured to the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2)

An AV-8B Harrier jump-jet lifts off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2)

Aviation boatswain's mates watch as an AV-8B Harrier jet lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

An AV-8B Harrier takes off from USS Essex (LHD 2).

Sailors hose down an AV-8B Harrier during a flight deck fire drill aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

Sailors hose down an AV-8B Harrier during a flight deck fire drill aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

An AV-8B Harrier prepares to land on board amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2)

Flight deck personnel assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) reposition AV-8B Harrier aircraft.

An AV-8B Harrier conducts a vertical landing aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

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Sasebo, Japan (Feb. 05, 2007) An AV-8B Harrier conducts a vertical landing aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is the Navys only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship and is the flagship for the Sasebo, Japan-based Essex Expeditionary Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corey Truax File# 070205-N-6274T-100

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05/02/2007 - 05/02/2007
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