Navy North Arabian Sea - December 7, 2009 -- Aircrew Survival Equipment Airman Joshua Matthews, assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, initiates starting procedures Monday, December 7, 2009 for an F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. .Mandatory Credit: John Phillip Wagner Jr. - U.S. Navy via CNP.