210529-N-ML137-1014 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 29, 2021) Sailors assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 remove an AIM 9X missile from an F/A-18F Super Hornet 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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