Aviation Boatswain Mate's signal a clear flight deck aboard USS John C. Stennis.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch from USS Carl Vinson.

Specialist records video of flight deck operations.

Airman directs an EH-101 Merlin helicopter onto the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis.

Airman gives the thumbs-up signal as an AV-8B Harrier takes off from the flight deck of USS Essex.

An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lands aboard USS Kearsarge.

A sailor directs a UH-1N Huey helicopter aboard USS New York.

F-35B Lightning II variants are secured on the flight deck of USS Wasp.

An MH-53E Sea Dragon prepares to land aboard USS Bonhomme Richard.

Sailors watch a helicopter lift off the flight deck of USS Bonhomme Richard.

An MH-60S Sea Hawk lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island.

A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter takes off from the flight deck of USS Essex.

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An MH-60R Seahawk embarked aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An MH-60R Seahawk embarked aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt.

F-14D Tomcats on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

F-14D Tomcats on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An F-14D Tomcat on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An F-14D Tomcat on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An F-14D Tomcat on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An F-14D Tomcat on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An F-14D Tomcat on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard USS George H. W. Bush.

An F-14D Tomcat on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Airman observes flight operations aboard USS Carl Vinson.