170327-N-RM689-023 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 27, 2017) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) receives pallets from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, embarked aboard the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet. Navy aircraft
170327-N-RM689-023 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 27, 2017) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) receives pallets from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, embarked aboard the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released) USS Carl Vinson conducts a vertical replenishment at sea in the Western Pacific by #PACOM
Size: 1936px × 1291px
Photo credit: © Military Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., 1, 108, 2017, 3rd, adams, airforce, airmen, arleigh, army, burke-class, c3f, carl, carrier, class, commander, communication, conflict, csg, ddg, deployment, destroyer, fleet, forces, group, guided-missile, kelsey, marine, mass, meyer, military, navy, news, pacific, politics, rm689, sailor, soldier, specialist, states, strike, united, uss, vinson, war, wayne, western, westpac
