A Russian Helix KA-27 helicopter assigned to the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (DDG 572)

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GULF OF ADEN (Feb. 09, 2009) A Russian Helix KA-27 helicopter assigned to the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (DDG 572) passes over a cargo ship while cooperating with the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) as they inspected a fishing trawler nearby in the Gulf of Aden. Vella Gulf is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national task force conducting counterpiracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.

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