F/A18F Super Hornets launch from flight deck. [Image 23 of 26]

ARABIAN SEA

06.06.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Caitlin Coyle 

U.S. Navy           

190606-N-CE463-1089
ARABIAN SEA (June 6, 2019) Two F/A-18E Super Hornets from the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Catie Coyle/Released)

• Date Taken: 06.06.2019
• Date Posted: 06.13.2019 00:33
• Photo ID: 5479719
• VIRIN: 190606-N-CE463-1089
• Resolution: 5035x3052
• Size: 431.81 KB
• Location: ARABIAN SEA