Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) combat systems department prepare to load a RIM 116 Block missile into a rolling airframe missile launcher during an ammunition onload, April 9, 2021. Ford is in port Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled window of opportunity for maintenance as part of her 18-month post delivery test and trials phase of operations.

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