PACIFIC OCEAN (May 12, 2022) Aviation Machinist’s Mate Airman Christian Myers, from Las Vegas, conducts a performance test on an F/A-18 Super Hornet jet engine on the fantail aboard the aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), May 12, 2022. The performance checks are one of the final maintenance steps before the engines are returned to full operational capability. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel G. Providakes)