161224-N-QI061-051 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 24, 2016) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Ouniwa Polo, from Come, Togo, performs pre-flight checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Fighting Swordsmen of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 prior to launch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike, currently deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard)