South China Sea, United States. 30 October, 2021. A Navy F/A-18 fighter jet prepares to launch from rom the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as the Japan Maritime Self- Defense Force Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Kaga sails alongside during joint operations October 30, 2021 in the South China Sea. Credit: MC3 Tyler Navy/Alamy Live News

---

Size: 5000px × 3328px
Location: South China Sea
Photo credit: © US Navy Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: /-18, 1, 184, aircraft, airplane, allied, allies, america, american, armed, asia, carl, carrier, china, combat, containment, copy, copyspace, day, ddh, deck, deployment, f18, fighter, flagship, fleet, flight, forces, general, group, horizontal, indo-pacific, integration, izumo-class, japan, japanese, jet, jmsdf, joint, js, kaga, launch, maritime, military, naval, navy, nimitz-class, operations, outdoors, patrol, patrolling, patrols, sea, security, ship, south, space, states, strike, superpower, transits, underway, united, usa, uss, view, vinson, warplane, warship