Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Francogomez conducts flight quarters operations onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) while underway in support of Formidable Shield 2023. Formidable Shield is a biennial integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise involving a series of live-fire events against subsonic, supersonic, and ballistic targets, incorporating multiple Allied ships, aircraft, and ground forces working across battlespaces to deliver effects.
| Date Taken: | 05.14.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 05.16.2023 06:40 |
| Photo ID: | 7797576 |
| VIRIN: | 230514-N-UD253-857 |
| Resolution: | 5848x3742 |
| Size: | 1.15 MB |
| Location: | U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY |
| Web Views: | 76 |
| Downloads: | 21 |
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Flight operations
MH-60 Seahawk
Destroyer (DDG)
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