ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 16, 2019) Lt. Cmdr. Ashley Ellison, an aircraft launch and recovery officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), launches an E-2C Hawkeye early warning and attack aircraft assigned to the "Screwtops" of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123 on the ship's flight deck. Ike is underway conducting flight deck certification during the basic phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tony D. Curtis)