E2-C Hawkeye on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's flight deck [Image 11 of 14]

ATLANTIC OCEAN

06.21.2012

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Darien Kenney 

U.S. Navy           

Sailors launch an E2-C Hawkeye from the Bluetails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower, part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, departed Norfolk for a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group includes the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66), the guided-missile destroyers USS Farragut (DDG 99), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, and Destroyer Squadron Two Eight. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Darien G. Kenney/Released)

• Date Taken: 06.21.2012
• Date Posted: 06.27.2012 00:39
• Photo ID: 613095
• VIRIN: 120621-N-NU634-075
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.21 MB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN