151121-N-DC740-017 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Nov. 21, 2015)

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151121-N-DC740-017 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Nov. 21, 2015)

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151121-N-DC740-017 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (Nov. 21, 2015) - An EA-18G Growler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137 prepares to land at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island's Ault Field. VAQ-137 completed a nine-month deployment aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Hetherington)

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