210609-N-ML137-1005 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 9, 2021) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Alesia Bowman, from New Castle, Indiana, signals an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

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