Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Robinson Fernandez, from Culpepper, Virginia, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) air department, stands bow safety as an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, launches from the flight deck, March 28, 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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