Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) Airmen Cody Stenger, from Tacoma, Washington, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) air department, secures an F/A-18 Super Hornet shell to the flight deck, March 21, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualification as part of the ship’s tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

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