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    USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations [Image 3 of 8]

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    USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations

    PHILIPPINE SEA

    02.18.2025

    Photo by Seaman Kenneth Melseth 

    USS America (LHA 6)   

    250218-N-TW227-1083 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 18, 2025) Four CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) and four MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircrafts from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 prepare to take off from the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting flight operations in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 18. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Melseth)

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    Date Taken: 02.18.2025
    Date Posted: 02.24.2025 21:03
    Photo ID: 8884396
    VIRIN: 250218-N-TW227-1083
    Resolution: 5522x2671
    Size: 1.79 MB
    Location: PHILIPPINE SEA

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