A US Navy ordnance crewman works on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as the sun sets on October 31, 2001, somewhere in the Arabian Sea. On the flight deck are a row of F-18 Hornet jet fighters along with an F-14 Tomcat (R) which have been flying around-the-clock bombing missions against Taliban forces in Afganistan since October 7. —REUTERS