USS Ronald Reagan [Image 6 of 12]

USPACOM, AT SEA

11.03.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Brotzman 

U.S. Navy           

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the "Eagles" Strike Fighter Squadron 115 takes off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the 7th fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 52 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.

• Date Taken: 11.03.2008
• Date Posted: 09.17.2011 20:24
• Photo ID: 125954
• VIRIN: 081103-N-2344B-063
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 1.09 MB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA