230702-N-HE057-1244 ATLANTIC OCEAN. (July 2, 2023) Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Joseph Tio, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, left, and Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Thomas Pain, from Ava, New York, conduct maintenance on the engine of an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The IKE Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in the Carrier Strike Group Four Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicholas Rodriguez/Released)
Date Taken: | 07.02.2023 |
Date Posted: | 07.25.2023 13:01 |
Photo ID: | 7930468 |
VIRIN: | 230702-N-HE057-1244 |
Resolution: | 5568x3712 |
Size: | 798.13 KB |
Location: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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