Ships at Sea [Image 19 of 27]

USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA

10.20.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Prill 

U.S. Navy           

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Fighting Redcocks" of Strike Fighter Squadron 22 takes to the sky after launching off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan is currently involved in the joint forces exercise Malabar 08, designed to increase cooperation between the Indian navy and U.S. Navy while enhancing cooperative security relationships between India and the U.S. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 52 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.

• Date Taken: 10.20.2008
• Date Posted: 10.22.2008 07:55
• Photo ID: 123687
• VIRIN: 081020-N-7730P-072
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 978.2 KB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA