Archive photo of the day
From the archives: An F/A-18 Super Hornet parks aboard the USS Enterprise, 2006
Stars and Stripes
December 29, 2025
(Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes)
Arabian Sea, Oct. 6, 2006: An F/A-18 Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, “The Fighting Checkmates” of Virginia Beach, Va., heads for a parking spot aboard the USS Enterprise. The aircraft carrier from Norfolk, Va., has been launching sorties in support of NATO and coalition troops in Afghanistan from the Arabian Sea since early September.