exercises alongside Vinson and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 Sailors. Blume and Walters are both fighter controllers in the RAN, equivalent to a USN air intercept controller (AIC). They participated in flight operations by assisting Vinson’s AICs in the ship’s Combat Direction Center, controlling live aircraft and communicating tactical maneuvers for air defense. “When they go back to their ships, they are going to take some of the duties some of our cruisers do now