Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Gabriel Cooper, from Stone Mountain, Georgia, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) air department, stands watch as the arresting gear officer as an F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 approaches the flight deck for landing during flight operations, March 23, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualifications as part of the ship’s tailored basic phase prior operational deployment.

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Keywords: ., /-18, ford, gerald, navy, uss, yw264