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Caption:
Pacific Ocean (Oct. 18, 2004) -- The guided missile destroyer USS
Howard (DDG 83) cruises behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS
John C. Stennis (CVN 74), as it conducts “Plane Guard”
duties during early morning flight operations in the Pacific Ocean. The
primary mission of the Plane Guard ship is to aid and rescue aircrew if
they have to eject from their aircraft upon landing on the aircraft
carrier. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are at
sea on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate
2nd Class Oscar Espinoza (RELEASED)
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