PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 24, 2008) Lt. Cmdr. Thomas "Sputnik" Louden checks all the launch stations brfore giving the signal to launch an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 during an air wing fly-off aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan is on a routine deployment in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary Prill.

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