USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Flight Operations During Underway Replenishment [Image 5 of 5]

ATLANTIC OCEAN

06.28.2022

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Novalee Manzella 

Carrier Strike Group 10

220628-N-YD731-2088 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 28, 2022) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) launches an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103, during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AO 195), June 28, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway completing a certification exercise to increase U.S. and allied interoperability and warfighting capability before a future deployment. The George H.W. Bush CSG is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America's adversaries in support of national security. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of CSG-10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are VFA-143, VFA-103, VFA-86, VFA-136, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Novalee Manzella)

• Date Taken: 06.28.2022
• Date Posted: 07.11.2022 12:46
• Photo ID: 7298305
• VIRIN: 220628-N-YD731-2088
• Resolution: 5092x3637
• Size: 923.71 KB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN