240527-N-SI601-1263 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 27, 2024) Chief Aviation Machinist’s Mate Marlo Cerrada, from Delano, California, inspects an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, on the flight deck aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, May 27. HSC 12, originally established as Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 2 on March 7, 1952, is the oldest active operational Navy helicopter squadron. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel G. Providakes)
| Date Taken: | 05.27.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 05.27.2024 01:40 |
| Photo ID: | 8432290 |
| VIRIN: | 240527-N-SI601-1263 |
| Resolution: | 2475x3712 |
| Size: | 1.37 MB |
| Location: | PHILIPPINE SEA |
| Hometown: | DELANO, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 54 |
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