Saudi, U.S. Forces Conduct Joint Aviation Integration Exercise in Arabian Gulf [Image 3 of 6]

ARABIAN GULF

12.17.2020

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Louis Staats 

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet           

201217-N-PS962-1450 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 17, 2020) – The Royal Saudi Naval Force corvette HMS Badr (612), front to back, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), Navy patrol coastal ships USS Squall (PC 7), USS Firebolt (PC 10), Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326), USCGC Maui (WPB 1304) and USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) transit the Arabian Gulf with Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA fighter jets, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft during the joint and combined air operations in support of maritime surface warfare (AOMSW) exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 17. Combined integration operations between joint U.S. forces are regularly held to maintain interoperability and the capability to counter threats posed in the maritime domain, ensuring freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce throughout the region's heavily trafficked waterways. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)

• Date Taken: 12.17.2020
• Date Posted: 12.21.2020 06:28
• Photo ID: 6463940
• VIRIN: 201217-N-PS962-1450
• Resolution: 2740x1957
• Size: 731.63 KB
• Location: ARABIAN GULF