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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 26, 2017) Capt. Robert Hawthorne, Air Boss, and Master Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Aristotle Villahermosa, Air Department Leading Chief Petty Officer, observe the takeoff of an F-35B Lightning aircraft assigned to the “Wake Island Avengers” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Dawn Blitz 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan and execute an amphibious assault, engage in live-fire events, and establish expeditionary advanced bases in a land and maritime threat environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Irwin Sampaga/Released)
| Date Taken: | 10.26.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 10.27.2017 04:15 |
| Photo ID: | 3904576 |
| VIRIN: | 171026-N-XN518-112 |
| Resolution: | 4232x2950 |
| Size: | 1.06 MB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 361 |
| Downloads: | 18 |
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