111201-N-YX169-289 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2011) Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Handling) Airman Michael Babers directs a UH-1Y Venom helicopter, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167, as it lifts off from flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) during late evening flight operations. The nightÕs flight operations are the final flight operations Ponce will conduct. After 40 years of service and more than 39,000 safe landings and launches, Ponce is returning to Naval Station Norfolk to begin the shipÕs decommissioning process. ( Navy photo b
111201-N-YX169-289 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2011) Aviation BoatswainÕs Mate (Handling) Airman Michael Babers directs a UH-1Y Venom helicopter, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167, as it lifts off from flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) during late evening flight operations. The nightÕs flight operations are the final flight operations Ponce will conduct. After 40 years of service and more than 39,000 safe landings and launches, Ponce is returning to Naval Station Norfolk to begin the shipÕs decommissioning process. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released) US Navy 111201-N-YX169-289 Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Michael Babers directs a UH-1Y Venom helicopter, assigned to Marine Light At
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