Sailors assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct flight operations as an E2-D Hawkeye, attached to the "Bear Aces" of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 124, flies over the flight deck, March 29, 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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