Flight Operations Aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) [Image 29 of 43]

ATLANTIC OCEAN, UNITED STATES

06.28.2022

Photo by Seaman Felix Castillo Reyes 

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

220628-N-OL632-1023 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 28, 2022) A Sailor assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, signals an MH-60S Nighthawk helicopter on 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-AO 195), 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, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 40, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, HSC-5 and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Felix Castillo Reyes)

• Date Taken: 06.28.2022
• Date Posted: 06.30.2022 00:20
• Photo ID: 7297103
• VIRIN: 220628-N-OL632-1023
• Resolution: 4754x3396
• Size: 873.49 KB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN, US