‘Ike’ returns home

A VFA-131 ‘Wildcats’ F/A-18C seen launching from the USS ‘Eisenhower’. US Navy The Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has returned to the United States after a seven-month deployment in support of Operations Inherent Resolve, Odyssey Resolve and Oaken Steel. The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) arrived at its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on December 30 accompanied by the guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) and guided missile destroyers USS Mason (DDG 87)