EAST CHINA SEA (April 4, 2017) MV-22B Ospreys, assigned to the "Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, line the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) prior to the squadron’s disembarkation. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.

---

Size: 1734px × 1153px
Photo credit: © Chuck Little / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 10, 17, 17-1, 52, 59, 68, 69, 71, 2017, 6th, 7th, admiral, air, aircraft, america, amphibious, appreciation, archive, arg, armed, army, assault, barry, bhr, biloxi, bonhomme, brown, bush, carrier, cfas, cg, chief, city, cmc, cole, commandant, corps, cruiser, csg, csg-11, cvn, cvn69, cvn77, ddg, ddg67, defence, deployment, disposal, eagle, eisenhower, eod, exercise, explosive, fe17, fleact, fleet, foal, force, forces, forwarddeploywithus, gen, ghwb, guided-missile, gulfport, gulfport/biloxi, hue, ike, japan, joint, laboon, lhd6, makin, marine, matt, mc3, mediterranean, military, my68, navco, navy, neller, nimitz, ordnance, pacific, patrol, reportage, richard, ross, sailor, sailors, sapr, sasebo, sea, service, serviceman, servicemen, sharem, ship, soldier, states, submarine, sustainex, truxtun, underway, united, usa, usn, uss, warfare, warrior, week