An MH-60S Knighthawk, assigned to the "Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21, loads cargo onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during a vertical replenishment. Ronald Reagan received more than 20 pallets of mail during the VERTREP. 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: | 10.12.2009 |
Date Posted: | 10.14.2009 00:36 |
Photo ID: | 212331 |
VIRIN: | 091012-N-9132C-023 |
Resolution: | 2848x4288 |
Size: | 958.16 KB |
Location: | USPACOM, AT SEA |
Web Views: | 51 |
Downloads: | 10 |
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