ARABIAN SEA (May 10, 2021) Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Michael Riter directs a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131, during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Sea, May 10, 2021. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations and providing airpower to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaitlin Watt)