ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 7, 2021) Rear Adm. John Meier, right, commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic, and Capt. J. J. Cummings, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), communicates with pilots and oversee the landing of an F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the "Gladiators" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, from the landing signal officer platform on the ship's flight deck, Feb. 7, 2021. Meier is onboard to observe Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106's inaugural use of precession landing mode during carrier qualifications (CQ). Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting CQ. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zack Guth)