Sailors assigned to the “Golden Falcons” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 load a 20 mm ammunition can into an MH-60S Sea Hawk on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Sea Hawk helicopter is equipped with an M197 aircraft machine gun that fires 20 mm rounds. Ronald Reagan is participating in Exercise Keen Sword 17 (KS17), a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, Pacific Command-sponsored field-training exercise. KS17 is designed to meet mutual defense objectives by increasing combat readiness and i
Sailors assigned to the “Golden Falcons” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 load a 20 mm ammunition can into an MH-60S Sea Hawk on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Sea Hawk helicopter is equipped with an M197 aircraft machine gun that fires 20 mm rounds. Ronald Reagan is participating in Exercise Keen Sword 17 (KS17), a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, Pacific Command-sponsored field-training exercise. KS17 is designed to meet mutual defense objectives by increasing combat readiness and interoperability between forces and the Japan Self Defense Force. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5), is on patrol in the Philippine Sea supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Lee/Released)
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