170408-N-KJ380-008 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 8, 2017) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Cesar Santana, from Orlando, performs maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and its carrier strike group are underway participating in a sustainment exercise designed to maintain deployment readiness as part of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP).

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