PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 07, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Lucas Edwards, left, of Chicago and Lt. Michael Bellavia, of Chicago, assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, perform final checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet before flight operations on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and rou


PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 07, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Lucas Edwards, left, of Chicago and Lt. Michael Bellavia, of Chicago, assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, perform final checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet before flight operations on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years.


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