ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 huddle together to celebrate after completing a fly-off evolution on the flight deck 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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