Subscribe
240614-N-WI365-1082 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 14, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/Recovery Equipment) 3rd Class Shanastie Hublanco, from Hawaii, conducts pre-flight safety checks prior to the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during flight operations in support of Valiant Shield 2024 in the Philippine Sea, June 14. The Dambusters earned their nickname on May 1, 1951 when the squadron's Skyraiders destroyed the heavily defended and strategically positioned Hwacheon Dam in North Korea with aerial torpedoes by making precise low level runs. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service and with our allies to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Markus Castaneda)
| Date Taken: | 06.14.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 06.15.2024 10:23 |
| Photo ID: | 8478502 |
| VIRIN: | 240614-N-WI365-1082 |
| Resolution: | 7095x4735 |
| Size: | 1.19 MB |
| Location: | PHILIPPINE SEA |
| Web Views: | 45 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
This work, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts flight operations in support of Valiant Shield 2024 [Image 9 of 9], by PO1 Markus Castaneda, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
No keywords found.
