ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 12, 2022) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Kion Stewart, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), conducts routine maintenance on an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft attached to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121. George H.W. Bush provides the national command authority flexible, tailorable warfighting capability as the flagship of a carrier strike group that maintains maritime stability and security to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests. The GHWB Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America’s adversaries in support of national security. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of CSG-10 and the GHWBCSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, VFA-103, VFA-86, VFA-136, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, VAW-121, Helicpoter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sasha Ambrose)