160924-N-IE397-016 ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 24, 2016) Aviation
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160924-N-IE397-016
ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 24, 2016) Aviation Electronics Mate 3rd Class Devin Tapia, left, from Colorado Springs, Colo., and Aviation Electronics Mate 3rd Class Joshua Hartley, from Covina, Calif., use a computer while changing out current transformers on an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christopher A. Michaels)