Indian navy and U.S. Navy Cooperation [Image 14 of 14]

USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA

10.21.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Buliavac 

U.S. Navy           

Flight deck personnel watch as an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Fist of the Fleet" of Strike Fighter Squadron 25 launches off of catapult two on the bow of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is participating in exercise Malabar 08. Malabar is designed to increase cooperation between the Indian navy and U.S. Navy while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the U.S. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled 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: 10.21.2008
• Date Posted: 10.22.2008 08:40
• Photo ID: 123709
• VIRIN: 081021-N-3659B-213
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.42 MB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), AT SEA