Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Santos conducts flight quarters operations onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 14, 2023. Formidable Shield is a biennial integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise involving a series of live-fire events against subsonic, supersonic, and ballistic targets, incorporating multiple Allied ships, aircraft, and ground forces working across battlespaces to deliver effects.
| Date Taken: | 05.14.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 05.16.2023 06:40 |
| Photo ID: | 7797574 |
| VIRIN: | 230514-N-UD253-829 |
| Resolution: | 6240x4160 |
| Size: | 854.29 KB |
| Location: | U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY |
| Web Views: | 76 |
| Downloads: | 20 |
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