USS Ronald Reagan [Image 10 of 11]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.08.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Buliavac 

U.S. Navy           

Airman Joshua Buxton performs a pre-flight walk around on an F/A-18F assigned to the "Fighting Redcocks" of Strike Fighter Squadron 22 as an AS 332 Super Puma delivers supplies on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was participating in a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd.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: 11.08.2008
• Date Posted: 11.09.2008 09:19
• Photo ID: 127166
• VIRIN: 081108-N-3659B-018
• Resolution: 2848x4288
• Size: 1.37 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA