0912073038W-094 NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 7, 2009) Aircrew Survival Equipment Airman Joshua Matthews, assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, initiates starting procedures for an F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Navy

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