RED SEA (Nov. 30, 2016) Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronny Smith, from Houston, inspects 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). Smith serves aboard Ike as an aviation structural mechanic. Ike and its carrier strike group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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