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U.S. Sailors conduct maintenance on the cockpit of an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, March 17, 2026. Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Norfolk, Virginia. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tanner Orth)