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Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Curry Whalen, left, from Natic, Massachusetts, and Aviation Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Bryce Taylor, from Kenston, North Carolina, both assigned to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, conduct routine maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) flight deck, March 19, 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 2nd Class Nolan Pennington)
| Date Taken: | 03.19.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.21.2023 07:28 |
| Photo ID: | 7691880 |
| VIRIN: | 230319-N-CO784-1052 |
| Resolution: | 4424x3160 |
| Size: | 1.39 MB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 69 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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