Flight Operations Aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) [Image 19 of 43]

ATLANTIC OCEAN

06.28.2022

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Roberson 

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

220628-N-SY758-1178 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 28, 2022) An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8), June 28, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway completing a certification exercise to increase U.S. and allied interoperability and warfighting capability before a future deployment. The George H. W. Bush CSG is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America's adversaries in support of national security. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of CSG-10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are VFA-143, VFA-103, VFA-86, VFA-136, VAQ-140, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Roberson)

• Date Taken: 06.28.2022
• Date Posted: 06.30.2022 00:21
• Photo ID: 7297093
• VIRIN: 220628-N-SY758-1178
• Resolution: 6720x4480
• Size: 965.28 KB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN