POINT MUGU, Calif. (Aug. 9, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Carlos Molina, assigned to the "Wallbangers" of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 117, is greeted by his family following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). CVW-9 deployed with a combination of fourth and fifth-generation platforms that predominantly represent the “Airwing of the Future,” executing more than 21,307 fixed-wing and helicopter flight hours comprising of 10,250 sorties, 8,437 launches and 8,487 aircraft arrestments. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Drew Verbis)