Lightning flashes over the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS "Carl Vinson" (CVN-70) as the ship transits the Arabian Gulf. Carl Vinson, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), was deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting "Operation Inherent Resolve", strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. Visible on deck are a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C "Hornet" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) "Stingers", left, and a Boeing F/A-18F "Super Hornet" of VFA-22 "Fighting Redcocks".