CH-46 helicopter assigned to the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HC-5) embarked with the Military Sealift ship USNS Niagara Falls (TAF-3), conducts late evening vertical replenishment operations with the Navy's forward deployed aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV 62), March 24, 1996. The Independence was recently moved closer to the island of Taiwan, as a show of military presence during live fire war games by China in the Taiwan Straits. Navy

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