Flight Operations aboard McCain with JMSDF SH-60 [Image 5 of 6]

SOUTH CHINA SEA

10.12.2020

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Markus Castaneda 

Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Zachary Kai, from Kau, Hawaii, observes as the flight deck team removes the chocks and chains from a Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force SH-60 helicopter from the Japanese helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) during flight operations. McCain is assigned to Destroyer Squadron Fifteen (DESRON 15), the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.12.2020
• Date Posted: 10.13.2020 03:39
• Photo ID: 6387720
• VIRIN: 201012-N-WI365-2103
• Resolution: 5481x3915
• Size: 990.64 KB
• Location: SOUTH CHINA SEA