An MH-60S Knighthawk, attached to the ÒTridentsÓ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, takes off from the fantail of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 27, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generationa


An MH-60S Knighthawk, attached to the ÒTridentsÓ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, takes off from the fantail of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 27, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the NavyÕs capacity to project power on a global scale. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jennifer A. Newsome)


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