Petty Officer 1st Class Malcom Hines, from Polk County, North Carolina, assigned to the “Dambusters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, loads an M6182 cannon magazine into an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The M6182 cannon is an air-cooled, electrically fired, Gatling-style rotary cannon that can fire 6,000 rounds per minute. Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group Five flagship, is on patrol supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class
Petty Officer 1st Class Malcom Hines, from Polk County, North Carolina, assigned to the “Dambusters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, loads an M6182 cannon magazine into an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The M6182 cannon is an air-cooled, electrically fired, Gatling-style rotary cannon that can fire 6,000 rounds per minute. Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group Five flagship, is on patrol supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Lee/Released)
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Keywords: /-18e, hornet, reagan, ronald, super, uss
