Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Hunter Athey, from Fritch, Texas, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) air department, conducts a dynamic-pressure test on the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) catapult shuttle on the flight deck in preparation for flight operations, Sept. 16, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and workups for a scheduled deployment this fall.

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