A U.S. Navy Boeing F/A-18E "Super Hornet"s from Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) "Sunliners" and a Royal Malaysian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKM (NATO reporting code "Flanker H") fly in formation over the South China Sea during a bi-lateral exercise promoting the longstanding military-to-military cooperation efforts between the U.S. Navy and the Royal Malaysian military. VFA-81 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) aboard the aircraft carrier USS "Carl Vinson" (CVN-70) for a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.