Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Apprentice Blake Danz from Sacramento, Calif., right, directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Eagles" Strike Fighter Squadron 115 onto a catapult during the Carrier Air Wing 5 fly-off. George Washington and its embarked air wing, CVW 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.