Keywords: Night launch of F-18s from USS GHW Bush (CVN-77) in September 2014.JPG en A U S Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 31 Tomcatters and an F/A-18F attached to Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 213 Black Lions prepare to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush CVN-77 in the Arabian Sea to conduct strike missions against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL targets George H W Bush with assigned Carrier Air Wing 8 CVW-8 was supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility 2014-09-23 140923-N-MT637-040 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 184727 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert Burck PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet on flight decks F/A-18F Super Hornet on flight decks Strike Fighter Squadron 31 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 213 United States Navy USS George H W Bush CVN-77 flight deck Operation Inherent Resolve |