221031-N-DW158-1044 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 31, 2022) Lt. Michael Wycoff, from Omaha, Nebraska, conducts final checks before launching an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, from the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 31. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

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