190508-N-SS350-0140 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 8, 2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 9), while MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to the “Nightdippers” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 5, transfer stores between the ships. Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. With Abraham Lincoln as the fla
190508-N-SS350-0140 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 8, 2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 9), while MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to the “Nightdippers” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 5, transfer stores between the ships. Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12), Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2) and Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW 7); as well as Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F 104). ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jason Waite/Released)
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