YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 5, 2017) Sailors perform crane operations to transfer a decommissioned F/A-18C Super Hornet aboard the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), for flight deck drills. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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