USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), front, steams in formation with the Turkish Navy’s TCG Gelibolu (F-493), back center, and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), while Italian and U.S. aircraft fly overhead in the Ionian Sea, July 29, 2025. Gerald R. Ford is participating in NATO’s Neptune Strike enhanced vigilance activity that facilitates combined maritime integration and demonstrates the force’s resolve and readiness to defend and protect Allied nations’ security and peace using Allied high-end capability assets. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly)
| Date Taken: | 07.29.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 07.29.2025 15:18 |
| Photo ID: | 9225806 |
| VIRIN: | 250729-N-HJ055-1247 |
| Resolution: | 5248x3499 |
| Size: | 1.51 MB |
| Location: | IONIAN SEA |
| Web Views: | 303 |
| Downloads: | 43 |
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