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English: An Aviation Boatswain's Mate directs a French F-2 Rafale to a catapult during combined French and American carrier qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). This event marks the first integrated U.S. and French carrier qualifications aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast until the end of July.
Français : Un "singe" dirige un Rafale F2 de la Marine nationale française vers l'aire de catapultage de l'USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) durant l'exercice "Operation Brimstone" au large de Norfolk (Virginie).
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Source http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/080720-N-7571S-008.jpg
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Jonathan Snyder wikidata:Q58195750
Description American photographer
Work period 2000s
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creator QS:P170,Q58195750

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