160713-N-NF288-093 [Image 9 of 62]

USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), SOUTH CHINA SEA

07.13.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jamaal Liddell 

U.S. Navy           

160713-N-NF288-093 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 13, 2016) Cmdr. Adrian Calder, commanding officer of the “Royal Maces” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, performs a pre-flight inspection on his F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Cmdr. Daniel Cochran relieved Calder as the new commanding officer of VFA-27 during a change of command ceremony held partly in the skies above the carrier. Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) flagship, is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jamaal Liddell/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.13.2016
• Date Posted: 07.14.2016 00:00
• Photo ID: 2720709
• VIRIN: 160713-N-NF288-093
• Resolution: 2400x1714
• Size: 580.49 KB
• Location: USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), SOUTH CHINA SEA