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ATLANTIC OCEAN

04.12.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremiah Bartelt 

U.S. Navy           

190412-N-NF912-0732
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2019) An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7; as well as the Spanish navy Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Mendez Nuñez (F 104). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremiah Bartelt/ Released)

• Date Taken: 04.12.2019
• Date Posted: 04.16.2019 00:35
• Photo ID: 5270260
• VIRIN: 190412-N-NF912-0732
• Resolution: 5639x2528
• Size: 968.22 KB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN