 "Carl Vinson" was participating in Exercise Valiant Shield 2014 at the time of the mid-air collision.The search was called off on 14 September 2014, and the missing aviator was declared missing and presumed dead, with the crash incident under investigation.On 17 February 2016, the final F/A-18C departed VFA-113's flightline and was transferred to NAS Oceana, Virginia.