VFA-211 Maintainers

SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 3, 2024) U.S. Navy Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic Aimee Massa, from Colorado Springs, Co., left, and U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Aisha Henry, from Brooklyn, N.Y., inspects an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Flying Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), May 3, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Aaron Haro Gonzalez)