161202-N-VH385-124 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 2, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerome Gordon, from Tampa, Florida, directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Flying Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 122), onto a catapult during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington, homeported in Norfolk, is underway conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Wyatt L. Anthony)