170308-N-BL637-024 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) An MH-60R Sea Hawk from the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 flies near the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106) and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), not pictured. 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 routi
170308-N-BL637-024 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) An MH-60R Sea Hawk from the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 flies near the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106) and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), not pictured. 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Released) Helicopters supporting Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group fly with Japanese ships during routine patrol by #PACOM
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