170715-N-RD713-007 CORAL SEA (July 15, 2017) Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Jacob Flynn (right), from Cincinnati, and Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Karen Au, from Diamond Bar, Calif., perform routine maintenance on flight deck vertical short take-off and landing (VSTOL) equipment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during Talisman Saber 17. The VSTOL equipment uses lights which serve as visual landing aids to guide AV-8B Harrier pilots during approach and landing. Bonhomme Richard, part of a combined Zealand expediti
170715-N-RD713-007 CORAL SEA (July 15, 2017) Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Jacob Flynn (right), from Cincinnati, and Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Karen Au, from Diamond Bar, Calif., perform routine maintenance on flight deck vertical short take-off and landing (VSTOL) equipment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during Talisman Saber 17. The VSTOL equipment uses lights which serve as visual landing aids to guide AV-8B Harrier pilots during approach and landing. Bonhomme Richard, part of a combined Zealand expeditionary strike group, is undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase naval proficiencies in operating against blue-water adversarial threats and in its primary mission of launching Marine forces ashore in the littorals. Talisman Saber is a biennial bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the alliance. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary DiPadova/Released)
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