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May 1, 2021, 5 tweets

Protecting U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from #Afghanistan - a thread. Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Jose Valdez makes pre-flight adjustments to ordnance aboard the #MightyIKE in the Arabian Sea, April 29.

Sailors guide a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the #Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, on to a catapult on the flight deck of the #MightyIKE in the Arabian Sea, April 29.

Two F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jets, attached to the #FightingSwordsmen of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32, prepare to take off from the flight deck of the #MightyIKE in the Arabian Sea, April 29.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the #Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, launches from the flight deck of the #MightyIKE in the Arabian Sea, April 29.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the #Rampagers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, takes off from the flight deck of the #MightyIKE in the Arabian Sea, April 29.

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