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Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Jonathan Franco, from Sealy, Texas, assigned to the “Ragin’ Bulls” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, performs routine maintenance on an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to VFA-31, in the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) hangar bay, March 22, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Luis BravoCopado)
| Date Taken: | 03.22.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.23.2023 18:23 |
| Photo ID: | 7698000 |
| VIRIN: | 230322-N-NO778-1052 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 1.18 MB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 34 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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