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Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Joshua Castillo, attached to the “Tomcatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37, conducts a pre-flight check on an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 17, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Simon Pike)
| Date Taken: | 03.17.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.20.2023 19:10 |
| Photo ID: | 7691295 |
| VIRIN: | 230317-N-JJ744-1015 |
| Resolution: | 1991x1422 |
| Size: | 624.89 KB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 49 |
| Downloads: | 12 |
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