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An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River is readied for launch from the No. 1 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Aircraft from Patuxent River are being used to test the carrier's flight deck capabilities

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An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division drops a 1,000 pound Paveway I series Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) during test to clear the weapon for Fleet use. The aircraft is piloted by LT. Dan Hinson of the Strike Ordnance Department of Pax River

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River

State: Maryland (MD)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Vernon Pugh

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A man works to install a submarine emergency communication transmitter (SEC) buoy Mark 9 Mod O outside the pressure hull and inside the other hull of a simulated submarine hull section during testing at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. When put into fleet use the SECT will be released and act as a surface marker if and when the ship is sunk

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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Warren, with the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), secures the lanyard on a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II on a pylon during a Quarterly Weapons Load Competition

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hornet aircraft hornet aircraft strike test directorate strike aircraft test directorate warfare center division naval air warfare center aircraft division pound paveway series laser pound paveway i series laser lgb weapon fleet fleet use dan hinson dan hinson ordnance department strike ordnance department pax river naval air station maryland air station laser guided bomb fa 18 hornet f a 18 hornet naval air station patuxent river fighter jet aircraft f 18 high resolution a 18 hornet aircraft pax river pound paveway series laser military aircraft us national archives