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    Mission fulfilled: USS Ponce's final return [Image 5 of 17]

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    Mission fulfilled: USS Ponce's final return

    ATLANTIC OCEAN

    12.01.2011

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nathanael T. Miller 

    U.S. Navy           

    Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 2nd Class Robert De Soto, left, watches as Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Michael Babers directs a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 as it takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) during an evening of training flights. The Ponce air department has overseen more than 39,000 safe landings and launches from the warship over the past 40. Ponce will be decommissioned in 2012.

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    Date Taken: 12.01.2011
    Date Posted: 12.13.2011 05:16
    Photo ID: 498591
    VIRIN: 111201-N-YX169-174
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 1.93 MB
    Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN

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